Enzyme histochemistry at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$530.95
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.
$1,517.00
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.
$274.90 with Cigna vs $2,659.22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $274.90 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $303.33 | ↓ -43% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $409.59 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $414.72 | ↓ -22% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $530.95 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $548.86 | ↑ +3% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $589.12 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $712.99 | ↑ +34% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $811.44 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $811.44 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $811.44 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $811.44 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $818.22 | ↑ +54% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $818.22 | ↑ +54% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $818.22 | ↑ +54% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $818.22 | ↑ +54% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $818.22 | ↑ +54% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $818.22 | ↑ +54% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $826.40 | ↑ +56% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $834.35 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $834.35 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $834.35 | ↑ +57% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $834.58 | ↑ +57% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $834.58 | ↑ +57% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $842.77 | ↑ +59% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $875.50 | ↑ +65% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $875.50 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $895.03 | ↑ +69% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $900.04 | ↑ +70% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $910.20 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $917.17 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $986.05 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $986.05 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $986.05 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,031.56 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $1,061.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $1,061.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $1,061.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,095.91 | ↑ +106% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $1,104.60 | ↑ +108% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,137.75 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $1,193.58 | ↑ +125% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $1,227.33 | ↑ +131% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,227.33 | ↑ +131% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,227.33 | ↑ +131% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,227.33 | ↑ +131% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $1,227.33 | ↑ +131% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,253.35 | ↑ +136% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $1,260.06 | ↑ +137% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $1,289.45 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,517.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,517.00 | ↑ +186% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $1,517.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,517.00 | ↑ +186% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $2,659.22 | ↑ +401% |
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Enzyme histochemistry at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $514.38 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $530.20 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $460.32 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $514.38 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $530.20 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $530.20 | $26.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $460.32 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $514.38 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |