Colposcopy/cervix/inc up/adjacent vag 57452 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

$79.10

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.

$226.00

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.

$46.28 with BCBS-TX vs $5,160.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $46.28 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $56.75 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $56.75 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $56.75 ↓ -28%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $56.75 ↓ -28%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $56.75 ↓ -28%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $57.88 ↓ -27%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $57.88 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $57.88 ↓ -27%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $59.24 ↓ -25%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $59.59 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $61.02 ↓ -23%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $65.26 ↓ -17%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $76.05 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $76.05 ↓ -4%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $77.75 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $79.10 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $81.77 ↑ +3%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $87.39 ↑ +10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $89.48 ↑ +13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $106.14 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $106.22 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $118.48 ↑ +50%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $124.30 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $124.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $124.30 ↑ +57%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $135.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $135.60 ↑ +71%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $145.08 ↑ +83%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $146.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $146.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $146.90 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $146.90 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $146.90 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $153.68 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $158.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $158.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $158.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $169.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $171.76 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $177.06 ↑ +124%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $177.06 ↑ +124%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $186.73 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $192.10 ↑ +143%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $201.50 ↑ +155%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $201.50 ↑ +155%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $201.50 ↑ +155%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $201.50 ↑ +155%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $201.50 ↑ +155%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $201.50 ↑ +155%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $203.51 ↑ +157%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $205.53 ↑ +160%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $205.53 ↑ +160%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $207.54 ↑ +162%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $215.60 ↑ +173%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $215.60 ↑ +173%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $221.65 ↑ +180%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $226.00 ↑ +186%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $272.02 ↑ +244%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $284.89 ↑ +260%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $302.25 ↑ +282%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $302.25 ↑ +282%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $302.25 ↑ +282%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $302.25 ↑ +282%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $302.25 ↑ +282%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $310.31 ↑ +292%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $654.88 ↑ +728%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +1260%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +1541%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +1621%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +2019%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +2257%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +2497%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +2972%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +2972%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +3028%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +3375%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +3375%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +6423%

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