Infect ag if varicella zoster 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

$35.00

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.

$100.00

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.

$9.66 with Renaissance vs $100.00 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 $9.66 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.27 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.27 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $11.27 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.27 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $11.27 ↓ -68%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.50 ↓ -67%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $11.50 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.50 ↓ -67%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.83 ↓ -66%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.96 ↓ -63%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $13.42 ↓ -62%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -62%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $13.42 ↓ -62%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.42 ↓ -62%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -62%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $13.42 ↓ -62%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $13.55 ↓ -61%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $13.69 ↓ -61%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $13.69 ↓ -61%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $13.82 ↓ -61%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $14.36 ↓ -59%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $14.36 ↓ -59%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $14.76 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $15.10 ↓ -57%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $15.10 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $15.44 ↓ -56%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $17.36 ↓ -50%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $18.12 ↓ -48%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $19.59 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $20.13 ↓ -42%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $20.13 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $20.13 ↓ -42%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $20.13 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $20.13 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $20.67 ↓ -41%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $22.14 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Charter $22.20 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|PPO $22.20 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Exchange $22.20 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|HMO $22.20 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $25.50 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $27.00 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $32.22 ↓ -8%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $35.00 ↑ +0%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $35.16 ↑ +0%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $35.16 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $35.56 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $36.18 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $43.62 ↑ +25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $43.75 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Optum $47.00 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $48.61 ↑ +39%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $55.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $55.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $55.00 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $58.78 ↑ +68%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $60.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $65.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $65.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $68.00 ↑ +94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $68.84 ↑ +97%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $70.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $70.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $70.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $82.62 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $85.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +186%

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