Hemoglobin fetal qualitative 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

$11.55

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.

$33.00

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.

$5.76 with Renaissance vs $33.00 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 $5.76 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.72 ↓ -42%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.72 ↓ -42%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $6.72 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.72 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $6.72 ↓ -42%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.85 ↓ -41%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $6.85 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.85 ↓ -41%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $7.06 ↓ -39%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.73 ↓ -33%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $8.00 ↓ -31%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -31%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -31%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8.00 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $8.00 ↓ -31%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.00 ↓ -31%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $8.08 ↓ -30%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $8.16 ↓ -29%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $8.16 ↓ -29%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $8.24 ↓ -29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8.56 ↓ -26%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8.56 ↓ -26%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $8.80 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $8.91 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9.00 ↓ -22%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $9.00 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $9.21 ↓ -20%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $10.35 ↓ -10%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $10.80 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $11.55 ↑ +0%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $11.68 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $11.94 ↑ +3%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $12.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Charter $12.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|HMO $12.00 ↑ +4%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $12.00 ↑ +4%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $12.00 ↑ +4%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.00 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|PPO $12.00 ↑ +4%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $12.00 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $12.32 ↑ +7%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13.20 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $15.20 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $15.51 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $18.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $18.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $18.15 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $19.00 ↑ +65%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $19.80 ↑ +71%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.97 ↑ +82%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $20.97 ↑ +82%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.97 ↑ +82%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $21.45 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $21.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $21.45 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $22.44 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $23.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $23.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $23.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $24.75 ↑ +114%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $26.00 ↑ +125%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $26.08 ↑ +126%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.27 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $28.05 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28.67 ↑ +148%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $33.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $33.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $33.00 ↑ +186%

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Hemoglobin fetal qualitative at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $71.04 $6.72 – $88.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $80.56 $11.73 – $120.83
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $71.04 $6.72 – $88.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $80.56 $7.19 – $120.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $80.56 $6.72 – $120.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $71.04 $6.72 – $106.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $71.04 $6.72 – $88.80

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