Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution 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

$31.09

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.

$88.81

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.

$12.43 with Renaissance vs $88.81 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.

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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 $12.43 ↓ -60%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $14.82 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $16.73 ↓ -46%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $17.26 ↓ -44%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $17.26 ↓ -44%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17.26 ↓ -44%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17.26 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $17.26 ↓ -44%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $17.26 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $17.43 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.61 ↓ -43%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $17.61 ↓ -43%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $17.78 ↓ -43%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $18.47 ↓ -41%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18.47 ↓ -41%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $18.99 ↓ -39%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $19.54 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23.10 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23.10 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Exchange $23.10 ↓ -26%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $23.30 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $23.98 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $25.89 ↓ -17%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $25.89 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $25.89 ↓ -17%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $25.89 ↓ -17%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $25.89 ↓ -17%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $27.06 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $27.81 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $28.42 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $28.83 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|Charter $30.20 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $31.09 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $31.98 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $31.98 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $31.98 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $32.14 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|HMO $33.75 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|PPO $33.75 ↑ +9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $36.18 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Optum $41.75 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|PPO $42.63 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial|HMO $42.63 ↑ +37%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $43.52 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $44.20 ↑ +42%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $48.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $48.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $48.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $53.29 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $53.29 ↑ +71%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $56.10 ↑ +80%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $57.73 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $57.73 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $57.73 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $62.17 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $62.17 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $62.17 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $62.17 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $62.17 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $66.61 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $73.38 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $75.49 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $88.81 ↑ +186%

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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $129.63 $52.36 – $52.36
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $75.16 $50.86 – $65.82
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $66.80 $18.08 – $136.94
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $58.45 $14.82 – $125.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $31.09 $12.24 – $88.81
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $4.76 $3.47 – $24.48
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $130.14 $19.18 – $390.42
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $31.09 $14.82 – $88.81

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