Flexible Sigmoidoscopy 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

$723.80

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.

$2,068.00

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.

$109.08 with BCBS-TX vs $5,160.00 with Cigna — 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $109.08 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $130.67 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $130.67 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $130.67 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $130.67 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $130.67 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $133.28 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $133.28 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $133.28 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $137.20 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $139.62 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.27 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $175.10 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $175.10 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $179.02 ↓ -75%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $201.23 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $210.89 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $250.16 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $279.24 ↓ -61%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $407.69 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $407.69 ↓ -44%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $558.36 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $657.50 ↓ -9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $723.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $748.21 ↑ +3%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +11%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $913.19 ↑ +26%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $913.19 ↑ +26%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $913.19 ↑ +26%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $913.19 ↑ +26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $913.19 ↑ +26%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $913.19 ↑ +26%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $922.32 ↑ +27%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $931.45 ↑ +29%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $931.45 ↑ +29%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $940.59 ↑ +30%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $971.96 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +34%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $977.11 ↑ +35%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $977.11 ↑ +35%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,004.51 ↑ +39%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,137.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,137.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,137.40 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,232.81 ↑ +70%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,240.80 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,240.80 ↑ +71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,327.10 ↑ +83%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,344.20 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,344.20 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1,344.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,344.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,344.20 ↑ +86%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,369.79 ↑ +89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,369.79 ↑ +89%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,369.79 ↑ +89%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,369.79 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,369.79 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,406.24 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,406.31 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,447.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,447.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,447.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,551.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,571.68 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +132%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,708.59 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,757.80 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +158%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +184%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,068.00 ↑ +186%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +236%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +236%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +242%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +280%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +280%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,967.87 ↑ +310%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +613%

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Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,047.06 $118.14 – $2,444.00
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