Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm 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

$61.60

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.

$176.00

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.

$37.26 with BCBS - TX vs $176.00 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|MyBlue Health Exchange $37.26 ↓ -40%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $38.72 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $42.04 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Exchange $43.53 ↓ -29%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $45.76 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $45.76 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $47.52 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $56.32 ↓ -9%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $58.08 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Charter $59.84 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $61.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $63.36 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $63.36 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $63.36 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $63.68 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $65.53 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|HMO $65.53 ↑ +6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $72.46 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Optum $82.72 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|HMO $84.48 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial|PPO $84.48 ↑ +37%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $86.24 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $90.92 ↑ +48%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $96.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $96.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $96.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $105.60 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $105.60 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $111.09 ↑ +80%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $114.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $114.40 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $114.40 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $123.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $123.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $123.20 ↑ +100%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $123.20 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $123.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $132.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $145.42 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $149.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $176.00 ↑ +186%

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Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,733.71 $28.88 – $268.77
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $319.00 $30.36 – $299.99
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $3,202.29 $106.06 – $136.47
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,575.81 $37.26 – $129.15
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $61.60 $30.76 – $176.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $61.60 $37.26 – $176.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $61.60 $37.26 – $176.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $642.00 $30.36 – $299.99

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