Endoscopic injection/implant at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$1,683.85
Cash price 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.
$4,811.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,233.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $11,227.32 with NX Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $1,233.00 | ↓ -27% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $1,298.97 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,488.00 | ↓ -12% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,518.30 | ↓ -10% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|Lakeside | $1,561.68 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,561.68 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,561.68 | ↓ -7% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,561.68 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,561.68 | ↓ -7% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,592.91 | ↓ -5% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,592.91 | ↓ -5% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,592.91 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $1,639.76 | ↓ -3% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $1,683.85 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $1,740.62 | ↑ +3% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $1,795.00 | ↑ +7% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,795.93 | ↑ +7% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,025.00 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,025.00 | ↑ +20% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $2,092.65 | ↑ +24% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $2,092.65 | ↑ +24% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $2,139.50 | ↑ +27% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $2,261.17 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $2,263.91 | ↑ +34% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $2,404.99 | ↑ +43% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $2,487.28 | ↑ +48% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $2,646.05 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,646.05 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,646.05 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $2,886.60 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $2,897.80 | ↑ +72% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,127.15 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $3,127.15 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $3,127.15 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,262.00 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $3,271.48 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $3,367.70 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $3,367.70 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $3,367.70 | ↑ +100% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $3,454.56 | ↑ +105% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,454.56 | ↑ +105% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $3,454.56 | ↑ +105% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $3,454.56 | ↑ +105% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $3,454.56 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3,454.56 | ↑ +105% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $3,489.11 | ↑ +107% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,523.65 | ↑ +109% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $3,523.65 | ↑ +109% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $3,558.20 | ↑ +111% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $3,594.00 | ↑ +113% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,608.25 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $3,656.36 | ↑ +117% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $3,677.00 | ↑ +118% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,696.38 | ↑ +120% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,696.38 | ↑ +120% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,800.02 | ↑ +126% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,974.85 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $4,089.35 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4,376.88 | ↑ +160% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $4,663.66 | ↑ +177% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $4,811.00 | ↑ +186% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,872.44 | ↑ +189% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,872.44 | ↑ +189% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,141.58 | ↑ +205% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $5,181.84 | ↑ +208% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $5,181.84 | ↑ +208% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $5,181.84 | ↑ +208% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,181.84 | ↑ +208% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $5,181.84 | ↑ +208% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $5,191.89 | ↑ +208% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $5,252.00 | ↑ +212% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $5,252.00 | ↑ +212% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $5,320.02 | ↑ +216% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $5,428.00 | ↑ +222% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $5,795.60 | ↑ +244% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $6,032.00 | ↑ +258% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6,032.00 | ↑ +258% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,029.00 | ↑ +436% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $11,227.32 | ↑ +567% |
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Endoscopic injection/implant at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,634.25 | $71.00 – $8,636.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,646.33 | $71.00 – $8,636.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,634.25 | $85.00 – $8,636.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,634.25 | $1,561.68 – $8,636.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $6,646.33 | $71.00 – $9,969.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $5,634.25 | $71.00 – $8,636.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $5,634.25 | $71.00 – $8,636.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $6,646.33 | $71.00 – $9,969.49 |