#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell 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

$17.50

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.

$50.00

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.

$13.50 with OPTUM vs $71.04 with Cigna — 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $13.50 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $14.08 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $16.43 ↓ -6%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $16.43 ↓ -6%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $16.43 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.43 ↓ -6%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $16.43 ↓ -6%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $16.76 ↓ -4%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $16.76 ↓ -4%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.76 ↓ -4%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $17.25 ↓ -1%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $17.50 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $18.09 ↑ +3%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.89 ↑ +8%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $19.56 ↑ +12%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +12%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +12%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $19.56 ↑ +12%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $19.56 ↑ +12%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $19.56 ↑ +12%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $19.76 ↑ +13%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $19.95 ↑ +14%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $19.95 ↑ +14%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $20.15 ↑ +15%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $20.93 ↑ +20%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $20.93 ↑ +20%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $21.52 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $22.02 ↑ +26%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $22.02 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $22.51 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $23.50 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $25.30 ↑ +45%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $26.41 ↑ +51%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $27.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $27.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $27.50 ↑ +57%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $28.56 ↑ +63%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $29.34 ↑ +68%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $29.34 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $29.34 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $29.34 ↑ +68%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $29.34 ↑ +68%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $30.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $30.12 ↑ +72%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $32.27 ↑ +84%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $32.50 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $32.50 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $32.50 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $34.00 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $35.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $35.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $35.00 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $36.23 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|PPO $36.23 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|Exchange $36.23 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|Charter $36.23 ↑ +107%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $37.16 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $37.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $41.31 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $42.50 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $47.10 ↑ +169%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $50.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $50.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $50.00 ↑ +186%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $51.26 ↑ +193%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $51.26 ↑ +193%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $51.97 ↑ +197%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $63.57 ↑ +263%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $71.04 ↑ +306%

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#cmvcul-virus inoculation shell at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $133.00 $10.00 – $166.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $124.00 $12.00 – $186.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $124.00 $12.00 – $155.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $133.00 $10.00 – $166.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $124.00 $12.00 – $186.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $124.00 $8.00 – $186.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $124.00 $12.00 – $186.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $133.00 $10.00 – $166.25

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