Culture fungi definitive id yeast 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.

$7.43 with Renaissance vs $226.00 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 $7.43 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.67 ↓ -89%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.67 ↓ -89%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $8.67 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.67 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $8.67 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.84 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $8.84 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.84 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $9.10 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.97 ↓ -87%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $10.32 ↓ -87%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -87%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $10.32 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $10.32 ↓ -87%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $10.32 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $10.42 ↓ -87%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $10.53 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $10.53 ↓ -87%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $10.63 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11.04 ↓ -86%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $11.04 ↓ -86%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $11.35 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $11.62 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $11.62 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $11.88 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $13.35 ↓ -83%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $13.93 ↓ -82%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $15.07 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $15.48 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $15.48 ↓ -80%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $15.48 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $15.48 ↓ -80%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $15.48 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $15.89 ↓ -80%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $17.03 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|PPO $19.11 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|HMO $19.11 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Charter $19.11 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Exchange $19.11 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $19.61 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $24.78 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.05 ↓ -66%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.05 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $27.34 ↓ -65%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $33.54 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $33.64 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $37.39 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $45.20 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $52.94 ↓ -33%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $61.02 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $79.10 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $81.77 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $106.22 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $124.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $124.30 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $124.30 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $135.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $146.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $146.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $146.90 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $153.68 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $158.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $158.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $158.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $169.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $186.73 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $192.10 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $226.00 ↑ +186%

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