Drug of abuse screen urine 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

$157.85

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.

$451.00

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.

$9.07 with Renaissance vs $451.00 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 $9.07 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.58 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.58 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $10.58 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.58 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $10.58 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.79 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $10.79 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.79 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.11 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.17 ↓ -92%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $12.60 ↓ -92%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -92%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $12.60 ↓ -92%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $12.60 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $12.73 ↓ -92%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $12.85 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $12.85 ↓ -92%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $12.98 ↓ -92%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.48 ↓ -91%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $13.48 ↓ -91%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $13.86 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $14.18 ↓ -91%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $14.18 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $14.49 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $16.29 ↓ -90%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $17.01 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $18.40 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $18.90 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $18.90 ↓ -88%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $18.90 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $18.90 ↓ -88%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $18.90 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $19.40 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|PPO $20.19 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Exchange $20.19 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|HMO $20.19 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Charter $20.19 ↓ -87%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $20.79 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $23.94 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $29.74 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $32.82 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.01 ↓ -79%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.01 ↓ -79%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $40.95 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $41.08 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $44.87 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $55.19 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $64.64 ↓ -59%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $121.77 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $157.85 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $163.18 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $211.97 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $248.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $248.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $248.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $270.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $293.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $293.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $293.15 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $306.68 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $315.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $315.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $315.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $338.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $372.62 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $383.35 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $451.00 ↑ +186%

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