Incision & drainage hematoma/seroma/fluid collection 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

$945.00

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.

$2,700.00

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.

$82.55 with BCBS-TX vs $5,274.30 with NX Health — 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|Exchange $82.55 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $90.81 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $90.81 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $90.81 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $90.81 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.81 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $92.63 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $92.63 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.63 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $95.35 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $104.43 ↓ -89%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $105.67 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $121.69 ↓ -87%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $121.69 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $124.41 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $139.85 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $159.60 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $189.32 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $211.33 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $283.33 ↓ -70%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $283.33 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↓ -59%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $729.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↓ -15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $945.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $976.86 ↑ +3%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,168.46 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Optum $1,269.00 ↑ +34%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +44%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,485.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,485.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,485.00 ↑ +57%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,620.00 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,620.00 ↑ +71%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,622.86 ↑ +72%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +72%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +72%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,622.86 ↑ +72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +72%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,639.09 ↑ +73%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +75%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +75%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↑ +77%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +84%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,755.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,755.00 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1,755.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,755.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,755.00 ↑ +86%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,785.15 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,836.00 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,890.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,890.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,890.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,025.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,052.00 ↑ +117%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,190.86 ↑ +132%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,230.74 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,295.00 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↑ +144%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↑ +149%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +157%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +157%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $2,434.29 ↑ +158%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +158%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +158%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +158%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +158%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,499.20 ↑ +164%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,700.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +260%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +300%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +300%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $5,274.30 ↑ +458%

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