Drainage of arm bursa 23931 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

$722.75

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.

$2,065.00

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.

$486.45 with Wellpoint vs $7,221.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $486.45 ↓ -33%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $486.45 ↓ -33%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $486.45 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $486.45 ↓ -33%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $486.45 ↓ -33%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $496.18 ↓ -31%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $496.18 ↓ -31%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $496.18 ↓ -31%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $510.77 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $557.55 ↓ -23%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $559.42 ↓ -23%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $651.84 ↓ -10%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $651.84 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $666.44 ↓ -8%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $722.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $747.12 ↑ +3%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $749.13 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Optum $970.55 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,029.45 ↑ +42%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +49%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,135.75 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,135.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,135.75 ↑ +57%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,168.46 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,239.00 ↑ +71%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +80%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,317.70 ↑ +82%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,342.25 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,342.25 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,342.25 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,404.20 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,445.50 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,445.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,445.50 ↑ +100%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,517.72 ↑ +110%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,517.72 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,548.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,569.40 ↑ +117%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +125%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +125%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,622.86 ↑ +125%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +125%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +125%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,622.86 ↑ +125%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,639.09 ↑ +127%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +129%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +129%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↑ +131%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↑ +132%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,706.11 ↑ +136%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +140%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +140%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,755.25 ↑ +143%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,785.15 ↑ +147%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,990.27 ↑ +175%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,065.00 ↑ +186%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,190.86 ↑ +203%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↑ +219%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↑ +226%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,360.87 ↑ +227%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +233%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +237%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +237%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +237%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +237%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $2,434.29 ↑ +237%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,499.20 ↑ +246%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +261%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,635.39 ↑ +265%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +298%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +370%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +423%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +423%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +453%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +453%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +617%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +617%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $5,274.30 ↑ +630%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +899%

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Drainage of arm bursa 23931 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,155.93 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,197.48 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,697.35 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,155.93 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,197.48 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,197.48 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,697.35 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,155.93 $486.45 – $4,016.35

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