CT colonography dx w/dye 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

$471.45

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.

$1,347.00

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.

$107.76 with TCHP vs $2,156.00 with United — 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $107.76 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $107.76 ↓ -77%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $128.38 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $144.40 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $175.06 ↓ -63%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $178.31 ↓ -62%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -62%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -62%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $178.31 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $178.31 ↓ -62%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $178.31 ↓ -62%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $178.56 ↓ -62%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $178.56 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $180.09 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $180.34 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $180.34 ↓ -62%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -61%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $181.88 ↓ -61%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $183.66 ↓ -61%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $183.81 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $183.95 ↓ -61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -60%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $190.79 ↓ -60%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $196.14 ↓ -58%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $207.39 ↓ -56%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $240.72 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $241.66 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $247.07 ↓ -48%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $266.04 ↓ -44%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $267.46 ↓ -43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $267.46 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $267.46 ↓ -43%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $267.46 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $274.60 ↓ -42%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $277.72 ↓ -41%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $298.72 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $309.77 ↓ -34%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $363.69 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $471.45 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $487.35 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $507.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $559.00 ↑ +19%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $562.66 ↑ +19%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $562.66 ↑ +19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $564.88 ↑ +20%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $579.51 ↑ +23%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $590.00 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Optum $633.09 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $667.00 ↑ +41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $705.19 ↑ +50%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $740.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $740.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $740.85 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $792.66 ↑ +68%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $794.73 ↑ +69%
Humana Commercial|HMO $800.00 ↑ +70%
Humana Commercial|PPO $800.00 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $808.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $875.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $875.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $875.55 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $915.96 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $942.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $942.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $942.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,010.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,112.90 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,144.95 ↑ +143%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,154.70 ↑ +145%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,315.00 ↑ +179%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,347.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,405.00 ↑ +198%
United Commercial|Charter $1,942.00 ↑ +312%
United Commercial|HMO $2,156.00 ↑ +357%
United Commercial|PPO $2,156.00 ↑ +357%

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CT colonography dx w/dye at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,009.98 $207.89 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,009.98 $167.39 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,009.98 $167.39 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,009.98 $175.06 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,009.98 $167.39 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,009.98 $167.39 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,009.98 $167.39 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $1,009.98 $167.39 – $1,841.00

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