Heinz bodies direct 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

$23.80

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.

$68.00

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.

$3.02 with Renaissance vs $68.00 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 $3.02 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.53 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.53 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $3.53 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $3.53 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.53 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.60 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.60 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $3.60 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $3.71 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.06 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $4.20 ↓ -82%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $4.20 ↓ -82%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $4.20 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $4.20 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $4.20 ↓ -82%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.20 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $4.24 ↓ -82%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $4.28 ↓ -82%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $4.33 ↓ -82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $4.49 ↓ -81%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $4.49 ↓ -81%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $4.62 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $4.73 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $4.73 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $4.84 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $5.44 ↓ -77%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $5.67 ↓ -76%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $6.13 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $6.30 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $6.30 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $6.30 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $6.30 ↓ -74%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $6.30 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $6.47 ↓ -73%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $6.93 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|PPO $7.77 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|HMO $7.77 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Charter $7.77 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|Exchange $7.77 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $7.98 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $9.91 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $10.93 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $11.01 ↓ -54%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $11.01 ↓ -54%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $13.65 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $13.69 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $14.96 ↓ -37%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $18.40 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $21.55 ↓ -9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $23.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $24.61 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $31.96 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $37.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $37.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $37.40 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $40.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $44.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $44.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $46.24 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $47.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $47.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $47.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $51.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $56.19 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $57.80 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $68.00 ↑ +186%

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