Ghs inhibitor screen 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

$229.60

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.

$656.00

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.

$9.27 with Renaissance vs $656.00 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 $9.27 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.81 ↓ -95%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.81 ↓ -95%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $10.81 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.81 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $10.81 ↓ -95%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.03 ↓ -95%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $11.03 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.03 ↓ -95%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.35 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.43 ↓ -95%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $12.87 ↓ -94%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -94%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -94%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.87 ↓ -94%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $12.87 ↓ -94%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $12.87 ↓ -94%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $13.00 ↓ -94%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $13.13 ↓ -94%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $13.13 ↓ -94%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $13.26 ↓ -94%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.77 ↓ -94%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $13.77 ↓ -94%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $14.16 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $14.49 ↓ -94%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $14.49 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $14.81 ↓ -94%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $16.65 ↓ -93%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $17.37 ↓ -92%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $18.79 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $19.30 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.30 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $19.30 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $19.30 ↓ -92%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $19.30 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $19.82 ↓ -91%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.24 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|PPO $23.84 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|HMO $23.84 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Charter $23.84 ↓ -90%
United Commercial|Exchange $23.84 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $24.45 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $30.58 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.73 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.73 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $33.74 ↓ -85%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $41.83 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $41.96 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46.11 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $56.37 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $66.02 ↓ -71%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $177.12 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $229.60 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $237.35 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $308.32 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $360.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $360.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $360.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $393.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $426.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $426.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $426.40 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $446.08 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $459.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $459.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $459.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $492.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $541.99 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $557.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $656.00 ↑ +186%

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