Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 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

$1,174.95

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.

$3,357.00

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.

$121.09 with BCBS-TX vs $3,357.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $121.09 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.08 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $143.08 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $143.08 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $143.08 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $143.08 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $145.94 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $145.94 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $145.94 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $150.23 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $154.99 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $164.54 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $191.73 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $191.73 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $196.02 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $220.34 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $234.10 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $277.69 ↓ -76%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $288.13 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $309.98 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↓ -67%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↓ -66%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↓ -66%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↓ -66%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $400.18 ↓ -66%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↓ -66%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↓ -66%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↓ -66%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↓ -65%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↓ -65%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↓ -65%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↓ -64%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↓ -64%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $440.20 ↓ -63%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $446.41 ↓ -62%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $446.41 ↓ -62%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $540.24 ↓ -54%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↓ -49%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↓ -49%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $600.27 ↓ -49%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↓ -49%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $600.27 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $616.28 ↓ -48%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $906.39 ↓ -23%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↓ -20%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↓ -17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,174.95 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,214.57 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,300.59 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Optum $1,577.79 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,846.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,846.35 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,846.35 ↑ +57%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $2,014.20 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,014.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,182.05 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,182.05 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $2,182.05 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,182.05 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,182.05 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,282.76 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,349.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,349.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,349.90 ↑ +100%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +107%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +107%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,517.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,551.32 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +134%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,773.56 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,853.45 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $3,357.00 ↑ +186%

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