Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated 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

$53.90

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.

$154.00

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.

$8.72 with Renaissance vs $154.00 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 $8.72 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.17 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.17 ↓ -81%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $10.17 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.17 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $10.17 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.37 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $10.37 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.37 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $10.68 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.70 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $12.11 ↓ -78%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -78%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $12.11 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $12.11 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $12.23 ↓ -77%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -77%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -77%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12.96 ↓ -76%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $12.96 ↓ -76%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $13.32 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $13.63 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $13.63 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $13.93 ↓ -74%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $15.66 ↓ -71%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $16.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $17.68 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $18.16 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $18.16 ↓ -66%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $18.16 ↓ -66%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $18.16 ↓ -66%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $18.16 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $18.65 ↓ -65%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $19.98 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|PPO $22.43 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|HMO $22.43 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Charter $22.43 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|Exchange $22.43 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $23.01 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $28.91 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $31.73 ↓ -41%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $31.73 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $31.90 ↓ -41%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $39.36 ↓ -27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $39.48 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $41.58 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $43.62 ↓ -19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $53.04 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $53.90 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $55.72 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $62.12 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|Optum $72.38 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $84.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $84.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $84.70 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $92.40 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $100.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $100.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $100.10 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $104.72 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $107.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $107.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $107.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $115.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $127.24 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $130.90 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $154.00 ↑ +186%

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