Nm imaging hepatobiliary system w/pharmacologic intervention 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

$2,172.80

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.

$6,208.00

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.

$388.18 with Renaissance vs $6,208.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $388.18 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $407.30 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $407.30 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $407.30 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $415.45 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $415.45 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $415.45 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $427.67 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $468.39 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $496.64 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $496.64 ↓ -77%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $539.14 ↓ -75%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -75%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $539.14 ↓ -75%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $539.14 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $544.53 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $545.78 ↓ -75%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↓ -75%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↓ -75%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $558.00 ↓ -74%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -73%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $589.45 ↓ -73%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $593.05 ↓ -73%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $610.35 ↓ -72%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $627.24 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $665.50 ↓ -69%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $727.84 ↓ -67%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $808.71 ↓ -63%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $808.71 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -63%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $808.71 ↓ -63%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↓ -63%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $818.35 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $830.28 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,070.21 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,254.15 ↓ -42%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,270.78 ↓ -42%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,270.78 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,408.83 ↓ -35%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,676.16 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↓ -21%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,752.20 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,986.56 ↓ -9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,172.80 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,172.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,246.06 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,545.28 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $2,917.76 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,414.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,414.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,414.40 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $3,662.72 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,724.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,035.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,035.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,035.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,221.44 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,345.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,345.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,345.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,656.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,129.05 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,276.80 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,208.00 ↑ +186%

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