Ibuprofen injection at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$75.56
Cash price 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.
$215.87
Gross charge 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.
$2.19 with BCBS - TX vs $84.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $2.19 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $2.47 | ↓ -97% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $4.24 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4.26 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $5.35 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $6.39 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $6.39 | ↓ -92% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $6.39 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $6.53 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $8.91 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $9.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $9.39 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $18.59 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $21.97 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $21.97 | ↓ -71% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $22.81 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $27.04 | ↓ -64% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $27.88 | ↓ -63% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $29.57 | ↓ -61% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $30.57 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $39.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $40.56 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $40.56 | ↓ -46% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.40 | ↓ -45% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $46.47 | ↓ -38% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $46.47 | ↓ -38% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $46.47 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $50.69 | ↓ -33% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $50.69 | ↓ -33% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $54.92 | ↓ -27% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $54.92 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $54.92 | ↓ -27% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $59.14 | ↓ -22% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $59.14 | ↓ -22% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $59.14 | ↓ -22% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $59.14 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $59.14 | ↓ -22% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $63.36 | ↓ -16% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $69.80 | ↓ -8% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $71.81 | ↓ -5% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $84.48 | ↑ +12% |
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Ibuprofen injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $418.88 | $2.98 – $16.27 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $75.56 | $1.81 – $84.48 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $75.56 | $2.19 – $84.48 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $75.56 | $2.19 – $84.48 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $75.56 | $2.19 – $84.48 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $7.74 – $7.74 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $2.98 – $16.27 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $2.98 – $16.27 |