IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour 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

$326.55

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.

$933.00

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.

$46.30 with BCBS - TX vs $933.00 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
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $46.30 ↓ -86%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $51.33 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $53.59 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $67.23 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $71.29 ↓ -78%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $71.29 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -78%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $71.29 ↓ -78%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $72.00 ↓ -78%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $72.72 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $72.72 ↓ -78%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $73.43 ↓ -78%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -77%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -77%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $78.42 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $88.79 ↓ -73%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $96.24 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $100.84 ↓ -69%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $103.69 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $106.94 ↓ -67%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $106.94 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -67%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $106.94 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $109.79 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Exchange $121.00 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Charter $177.00 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|HMO $196.00 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|PPO $196.00 ↓ -40%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $231.69 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $251.91 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $326.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $337.56 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $438.51 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $513.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $513.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $513.15 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $559.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $606.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $606.45 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $606.45 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $653.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $653.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $653.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $699.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $770.85 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $793.05 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $933.00 ↑ +186%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,833.06 $122.08 – $122.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $280.91 $68.71 – $351.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $243.30 $50.08 – $364.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $230.40 $46.08 – $288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $280.91 $68.71 – $351.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $243.30 $68.71 – $364.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $243.30 $125.70 – $364.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $230.40 $68.71 – $345.60

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