Cortisol total am 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

$130.55

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.

$373.00

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.

$11.74 with Renaissance vs $373.00 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 $11.74 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.69 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.69 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $13.69 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.69 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $13.69 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.96 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $13.96 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.96 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $14.37 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.74 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $16.30 ↓ -88%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -88%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.30 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $16.30 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.30 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $16.46 ↓ -87%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $16.63 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $16.63 ↓ -87%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $16.79 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $17.44 ↓ -87%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $17.44 ↓ -87%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $17.93 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $18.34 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $18.34 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $18.76 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $21.08 ↓ -84%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $22.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $23.80 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $24.45 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $24.45 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $24.45 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $24.45 ↓ -81%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $24.45 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $25.10 ↓ -81%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26.89 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|PPO $30.18 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $30.18 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Charter $30.18 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Exchange $30.18 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $30.97 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $38.84 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $42.71 ↓ -67%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $42.71 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $42.85 ↓ -67%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $52.98 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $53.14 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $58.58 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $71.39 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $83.62 ↓ -36%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $100.71 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $130.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $134.96 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $175.31 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $205.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $205.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $205.15 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $223.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $242.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $242.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $242.45 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $253.64 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $261.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $261.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $261.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $279.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $308.18 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $317.05 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $373.00 ↑ +186%

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