Gamma glutamyltransferase 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

$73.15

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.

$209.00

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.

$5.18 with Renaissance vs $209.00 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.

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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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $5.18 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.05 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.05 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $6.05 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.05 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $6.05 ↓ -92%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.17 ↓ -92%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $6.17 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.17 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $6.35 ↓ -91%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.96 ↓ -90%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $7.20 ↓ -90%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $7.20 ↓ -90%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $7.20 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7.20 ↓ -90%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $7.20 ↓ -90%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.20 ↓ -90%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $7.27 ↓ -90%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $7.34 ↓ -90%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $7.34 ↓ -90%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $7.42 ↓ -90%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $7.70 ↓ -89%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $7.70 ↓ -89%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $7.92 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $8.11 ↓ -89%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $8.11 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $8.29 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $9.32 ↓ -87%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $9.72 ↓ -87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $10.51 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $10.80 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $10.80 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $10.80 ↓ -85%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $10.80 ↓ -85%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $10.80 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $11.09 ↓ -85%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $11.88 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|PPO $13.34 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|HMO $13.34 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Charter $13.34 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Exchange $13.34 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $13.68 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $17.35 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $18.88 ↓ -74%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $18.88 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $19.15 ↓ -74%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $23.40 ↓ -68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $23.47 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $26.17 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $31.54 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $36.94 ↓ -50%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $56.43 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $73.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $75.62 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $98.23 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $114.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $114.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $114.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $125.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $135.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $135.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $135.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $142.12 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $146.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $146.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $146.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $156.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $172.68 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $177.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $209.00 ↑ +186%

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