Measure kidney pressure 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

$577.50

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.

$1,650.00

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.

$238.15 with Wellpoint vs $5,160.00 with Cigna — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $238.15 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $238.15 ↓ -59%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $238.15 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $238.15 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $238.15 ↓ -59%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $242.91 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $242.91 ↓ -58%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $242.91 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $250.06 ↓ -57%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $273.87 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $319.12 ↓ -45%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $319.12 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $326.27 ↓ -44%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $366.75 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $417.40 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $445.50 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $481.36 ↓ -17%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $534.27 ↓ -7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $577.50 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $596.97 ↑ +3%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $668.55 ↑ +16%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $668.55 ↑ +16%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $668.55 ↑ +16%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $668.55 ↑ +16%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $668.55 ↑ +16%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $668.55 ↑ +16%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $675.24 ↑ +17%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $681.92 ↑ +18%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $681.92 ↑ +18%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $688.61 ↑ +19%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $715.35 ↑ +24%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $715.35 ↑ +24%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $735.40 ↑ +27%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $743.03 ↑ +29%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $743.03 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $775.50 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $806.97 ↑ +40%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +40%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $902.54 ↑ +56%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $907.50 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $907.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $907.50 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $957.23 ↑ +66%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $962.08 ↑ +67%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +68%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $990.00 ↑ +71%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $1,002.83 ↑ +74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,002.83 ↑ +74%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,002.83 ↑ +74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,002.83 ↑ +74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,002.83 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,029.57 ↑ +78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,068.54 ↑ +85%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,072.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,072.50 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,072.50 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,122.00 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,155.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,155.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,155.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,237.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,254.00 ↑ +117%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,345.00 ↑ +133%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,345.00 ↑ +133%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,363.23 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,402.50 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,650.00 ↑ +186%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↑ +190%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +190%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +223%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +256%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,172.79 ↑ +276%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +328%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +376%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +376%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,487.00 ↑ +677%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $4,487.00 ↑ +677%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +794%

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