Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$376.60

Cash price

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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.

$1,076.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $1,076.00 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
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -73%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $112.83 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $156.71 ↓ -58%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $156.71 ↓ -58%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -58%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $156.71 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -58%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -58%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $158.28 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -58%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -58%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↓ -57%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -55%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -55%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $172.38 ↓ -54%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $173.64 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $200.99 ↓ -47%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $211.56 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Exchange $217.00 ↓ -42%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $233.47 ↓ -38%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -38%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $235.06 ↓ -38%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.06 ↓ -38%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $235.06 ↓ -38%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $235.06 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $241.33 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $252.13 ↓ -33%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $290.52 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $322.00 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $333.00 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|HMO $355.00 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|PPO $355.00 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $376.60 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $378.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $389.30 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $505.72 ↑ +34%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $509.31 ↑ +35%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $591.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $591.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $591.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $645.60 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $699.40 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $699.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $699.40 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $753.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $753.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $753.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $807.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $889.00 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $914.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,076.00 ↑ +186%

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Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $545.38 $122.80 – $681.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $647.91 $133.36 – $971.87
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $647.91 $334.75 – $971.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $572.65 $122.80 – $858.97
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