Hemoglobin urine 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

$28.35

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.

$81.00

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.

$2.84 with Renaissance vs $81.00 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 $2.84 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.32 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.32 ↓ -88%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $3.32 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.32 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $3.32 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.39 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $3.39 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.39 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $3.49 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.82 ↓ -87%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3.95 ↓ -86%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3.95 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3.95 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $3.95 ↓ -86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3.99 ↓ -86%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $4.03 ↓ -86%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $4.03 ↓ -86%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $4.07 ↓ -86%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $4.23 ↓ -85%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $4.34 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $4.45 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $4.45 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $4.55 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $5.11 ↓ -82%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $5.33 ↓ -81%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $5.77 ↓ -80%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $5.92 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5.92 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $5.92 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $5.92 ↓ -79%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $5.92 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $6.08 ↓ -79%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $6.52 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|PPO $7.32 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|HMO $7.32 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Charter $7.32 ↓ -74%
United Commercial|Exchange $7.32 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $7.51 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $9.09 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $10.04 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.36 ↓ -63%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.36 ↓ -63%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $12.84 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $12.88 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $13.71 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $17.30 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $20.26 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $21.87 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $28.35 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $29.31 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $38.07 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $44.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $44.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $44.55 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $48.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $52.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $52.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $52.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $55.08 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $56.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $56.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $56.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $60.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $66.93 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $68.85 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $81.00 ↑ +186%

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