External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$321.30
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.
$918.00
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.
$104.12 with Renaissance vs $918.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $104.12 | ↓ -68% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $121.47 | ↓ -62% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|Lakeside | $121.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $121.47 | ↓ -62% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $121.47 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $121.47 | ↓ -62% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $123.90 | ↓ -61% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $123.90 | ↓ -61% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $123.90 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $127.54 | ↓ -60% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $139.69 | ↓ -57% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $144.61 | ↓ -55% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $144.61 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $144.61 | ↓ -55% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $144.61 | ↓ -55% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $144.61 | ↓ -55% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $144.61 | ↓ -55% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $146.06 | ↓ -55% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $147.50 | ↓ -54% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $147.50 | ↓ -54% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $148.95 | ↓ -54% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $154.73 | ↓ -52% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $154.73 | ↓ -52% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $159.07 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $162.77 | ↓ -49% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $162.77 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $166.41 | ↓ -48% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $187.06 | ↓ -42% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $195.22 | ↓ -39% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $211.13 | ↓ -34% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $216.92 | ↓ -32% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $216.92 | ↓ -32% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $216.92 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $216.92 | ↓ -32% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $216.92 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $222.70 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $230.82 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $230.82 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $230.82 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $230.82 | ↓ -28% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $238.61 | ↓ -26% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $247.86 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $274.76 | ↓ -14% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $321.30 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $332.14 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $345.33 | ↑ +7% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $378.99 | ↑ +18% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $378.99 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $381.06 | ↑ +19% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $431.46 | ↑ +34% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $469.98 | ↑ +46% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $471.43 | ↑ +47% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $504.90 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $504.90 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $504.90 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $520.97 | ↑ +62% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $541.62 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $550.80 | ↑ +71% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $596.70 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $596.70 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $596.70 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $624.24 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $633.39 | ↑ +97% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $642.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $642.60 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $642.60 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $688.50 | ↑ +114% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $741.85 | ↑ +131% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $758.46 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $780.30 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $918.00 | ↑ +186% |
Visitor-reported prices
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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $558.82 | $35.00 – $350.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $632.62 | $36.00 – $420.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $525.00 | $36.00 – $350.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $558.82 | $35.00 – $350.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $632.62 | $36.00 – $420.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $632.62 | $26.00 – $420.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $525.00 | $36.00 – $420.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $558.82 | $35.00 – $350.39 |