I-131 sod iodide sol diag per mci 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

$144.55

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.

$413.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $413.00 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Exchange $107.38 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $111.51 ↓ -23%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $118.81 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $134.07 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|Charter $140.42 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $144.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $149.43 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $156.94 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $156.94 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Optum $194.11 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $227.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $227.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $227.15 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $231.08 ↑ +60%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $247.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $268.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $268.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $268.45 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $289.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $289.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $289.10 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $289.94 ↑ +101%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $309.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $341.23 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $351.05 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $354.25 ↑ +145%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $413.00 ↑ +186%

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I-131 sod iodide sol diag per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $144.55 $98.10 – $413.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $144.55 $100.00 – $413.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $144.55 $100.00 – $413.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $144.55 $100.00 – $413.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $419.65 – $419.65
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $213.64 – $1,061.66
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $213.64 – $1,061.66
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $407.66 – $435.21

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