Chromosome karyotype study at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital

17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$94.15

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$269.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$24.10 with Renaissance vs $269.00 with MHealth Network — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $24.10 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $28.11 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $28.11 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $28.11 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.11 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $28.11 ↓ -70%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $28.67 ↓ -70%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $28.67 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.67 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $29.52 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.33 ↓ -66%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $33.47 ↓ -64%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -64%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $33.47 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $33.47 ↓ -64%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $33.47 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $33.80 ↓ -64%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $34.14 ↓ -64%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $34.14 ↓ -64%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $34.47 ↓ -63%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $35.81 ↓ -62%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $35.81 ↓ -62%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $36.82 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $37.67 ↓ -60%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $37.67 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $38.51 ↓ -59%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $43.29 ↓ -54%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $45.18 ↓ -52%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $48.87 ↓ -48%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $50.20 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $50.20 ↓ -47%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $50.20 ↓ -47%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $50.20 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $50.20 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|HMO $50.21 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Exchange $50.21 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|PPO $50.21 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Charter $50.21 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $51.54 ↓ -45%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $55.23 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $63.59 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $72.63 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $80.13 ↓ -15%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $87.70 ↓ -7%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $87.70 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $88.42 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $94.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $97.33 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $108.78 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $109.11 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $120.90 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Optum $126.43 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $146.60 ↑ +56%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $147.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $147.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $147.95 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $158.71 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $161.40 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $171.70 ↑ +82%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $174.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $174.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $174.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $182.92 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $188.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $188.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $188.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $201.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $222.25 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $228.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $269.00 ↑ +186%

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