Ghs indirect laryngoscopy/w fb removal 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

$111.30

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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.

$318.00

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.

$68.14 with Wellpoint vs $7,221.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $68.14 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $68.14 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $68.14 ↓ -39%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $68.14 ↓ -39%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $68.14 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $69.50 ↓ -38%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $69.50 ↓ -38%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $69.50 ↓ -38%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $71.55 ↓ -36%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $78.36 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $85.86 ↓ -23%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $91.31 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $91.31 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $93.35 ↓ -16%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $104.94 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $111.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $115.06 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $117.41 ↑ +5%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $140.00 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Optum $149.46 ↑ +34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $150.29 ↑ +35%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $174.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $174.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $174.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $190.80 ↑ +71%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $194.45 ↑ +75%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $194.45 ↑ +75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $194.45 ↑ +75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $194.45 ↑ +75%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $194.45 ↑ +75%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $194.45 ↑ +75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $196.39 ↑ +76%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $198.34 ↑ +78%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $198.34 ↑ +78%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $200.28 ↑ +80%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $206.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $206.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $206.70 ↑ +86%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $208.06 ↑ +87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $208.06 ↑ +87%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $212.60 ↑ +91%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $212.60 ↑ +91%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $213.90 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $216.24 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $222.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $222.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $222.60 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $227.00 ↑ +104%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $238.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $241.68 ↑ +117%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $262.51 ↑ +136%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $262.74 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $269.27 ↑ +142%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $270.30 ↑ +143%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $275.29 ↑ +147%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $291.68 ↑ +162%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $291.68 ↑ +162%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $291.68 ↑ +162%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $291.68 ↑ +162%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $291.68 ↑ +162%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $299.45 ↑ +169%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $300.58 ↑ +170%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $318.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $631.96 ↑ +468%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↑ +867%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↑ +1066%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +1123%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↑ +1405%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +1406%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↑ +1501%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↑ +1501%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +2123%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +2244%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +2370%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +2370%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +2483%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +4559%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +4559%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +6388%

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