Interferon alfa-2b inj at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$494.64
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.
$1,413.25
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.
$18.02 with United vs $1,034.81 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $18.02 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $25.43 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $27.13 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $27.13 | ↓ -95% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $27.13 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $28.70 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $49.46 | ↓ -90% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $53.34 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $62.06 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $75.82 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $92.48 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $97.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $97.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $227.66 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $269.06 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $269.06 | ↓ -46% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $279.40 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $331.14 | ↓ -33% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $362.19 | ↓ -27% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $374.40 | ↓ -24% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $486.37 | ↓ -2% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $496.71 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $496.71 | ↑ +0% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $507.06 | ↑ +3% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $569.15 | ↑ +15% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $569.15 | ↑ +15% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $569.15 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $620.89 | ↑ +26% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $620.89 | ↑ +26% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $672.63 | ↑ +36% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $672.63 | ↑ +36% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $672.63 | ↑ +36% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $724.37 | ↑ +46% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $724.37 | ↑ +46% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $724.37 | ↑ +46% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $724.37 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $724.37 | ↑ +46% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $776.11 | ↑ +57% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $854.97 | ↑ +73% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $879.59 | ↑ +78% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $1,034.81 | ↑ +109% |
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Interferon alfa-2b inj at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,795.70 | $74.52 – $1,858.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,795.70 | $74.52 – $1,967.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,795.70 | $74.52 – $1,639.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,795.70 | $74.52 – $1,858.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,795.70 | $74.52 – $1,967.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,795.70 | $74.52 – $1,967.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,795.70 | $74.52 – $1,967.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,795.70 | $74.52 – $1,858.30 |