Interferon beta-1a 30 mcg/0.5 ml im injection (wrapper) at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$299.03
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.
$854.36
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.
$39.42 with Renaissance vs $854.36 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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| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $39.42 | ↓ -87% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $54.75 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $54.75 | ↓ -82% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $54.75 | ↓ -82% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $54.75 | ↓ -82% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $54.75 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $54.75 | ↓ -82% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $55.30 | ↓ -82% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $55.84 | ↓ -81% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $55.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $56.39 | ↓ -81% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $58.58 | ↓ -80% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $58.58 | ↓ -80% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $60.23 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $62.65 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $70.70 | ↓ -76% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $73.91 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $79.43 | ↓ -73% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $82.13 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $82.13 | ↓ -73% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $82.13 | ↓ -73% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $82.13 | ↓ -73% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $82.13 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $88.64 | ↓ -70% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $89.79 | ↓ -70% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $119.58 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $119.58 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $119.58 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $121.86 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $152.90 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $165.88 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $174.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $174.88 | ↓ -42% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $177.94 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $186.81 | ↓ -38% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $230.68 | ↓ -23% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $299.03 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $309.11 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $401.55 | ↑ +34% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $469.90 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $469.90 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $469.90 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $512.62 | ↑ +71% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $512.62 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $555.34 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $555.34 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $555.34 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $598.06 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $598.06 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $598.06 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $640.77 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $705.88 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $726.21 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $854.36 | ↑ +186% |
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Interferon beta-1a 30 mcg/0.5 ml im injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $299.03 | $51.73 – $854.36 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $299.03 | $62.65 – $854.36 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $299.03 | $62.65 – $854.36 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $299.03 | $62.65 – $854.36 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $349.11 | $40.52 – $240.84 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $349.11 | $40.52 – $240.84 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $349.11 | $40.52 – $240.84 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $221.30 – $221.30 |