Flutemetamol f18 diagnostic 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

$2,892.40

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.

$8,264.00

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.

$1,248.64 with United vs $8,264.00 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
United Commercial|Exchange $1,248.64 ↓ -57%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,346.12 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,869.61 ↓ -35%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,869.61 ↓ -35%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,869.61 ↓ -35%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,869.61 ↓ -35%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,869.61 ↓ -35%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,869.61 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|PPO $1,879.96 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|HMO $1,879.96 ↓ -35%
United Commercial|Charter $1,879.96 ↓ -35%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,888.31 ↓ -35%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,907.00 ↓ -34%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,907.00 ↓ -34%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,925.70 ↓ -33%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,000.48 ↓ -31%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $2,000.48 ↓ -31%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $2,056.57 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,231.28 ↓ -23%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,523.97 ↓ -13%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,804.41 ↓ -3%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,804.41 ↓ -3%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,804.41 ↓ -3%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,804.41 ↓ -3%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $2,804.41 ↓ -3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,874.72 ↓ -1%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,879.20 ↓ -0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,892.40 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,989.92 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $3,243.95 ↑ +12%
United Commercial|Optum $3,884.08 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $4,545.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $4,545.20 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $4,545.20 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $4,958.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $5,371.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $5,371.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,371.60 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $5,591.20 ↑ +93%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $5,784.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $5,784.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $5,784.80 ↑ +100%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $6,076.23 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,198.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $6,827.72 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $7,015.38 ↑ +143%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $7,024.40 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $8,264.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $8,264.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $8,264.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8,264.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8,264.00 ↑ +186%

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Flutemetamol f18 diagnostic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,892.40 $1,530.20 – $8,264.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,892.40 $1,248.64 – $8,264.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,892.40 $1,248.64 – $8,264.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,892.40 $1,248.64 – $8,264.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $10,153.84 – $10,153.84
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $3,207.62 – $38,570.40
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3,207.62 – $38,570.40
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $9,863.73 – $15,048.00

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