Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour 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

$534.45

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.

$1,527.00

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.

$56.30 with BCBS - TX vs $1,527.00 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 $56.30 ↓ -89%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $65.17 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $81.75 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $107.97 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $122.62 ↓ -77%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $151.94 ↓ -72%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $211.03 ↓ -61%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $211.03 ↓ -61%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $211.03 ↓ -61%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $211.03 ↓ -61%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $211.03 ↓ -61%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $211.03 ↓ -61%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $213.14 ↓ -60%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $215.25 ↓ -60%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $215.25 ↓ -60%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $217.36 ↓ -59%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $225.80 ↓ -58%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $225.80 ↓ -58%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $232.13 ↓ -57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $284.89 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|Exchange $300.87 ↓ -44%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $316.55 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $316.55 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $316.55 ↓ -41%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $316.55 ↓ -41%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $316.55 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $324.99 ↓ -39%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $342.11 ↓ -36%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $412.29 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $452.98 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $452.98 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|PPO $452.98 ↓ -15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $534.45 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $552.47 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $685.85 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Optum $717.69 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $839.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $839.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $839.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $916.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $992.55 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $992.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $992.55 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,068.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,068.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,068.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,145.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,261.61 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,297.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,527.00 ↑ +186%

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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,833.06 $148.46 – $148.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $488.60 $118.38 – $610.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $558.06 $114.87 – $837.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $527.15 $105.43 – $658.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $488.60 $90.23 – $610.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $558.06 $142.29 – $837.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $558.06 $288.33 – $837.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $527.15 $116.45 – $790.73

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