Platelets irradiated ea unit 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

$273.35

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.

$781.00

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.

$69.63 with TCHP vs $781.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $69.63 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $69.63 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $69.63 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $69.63 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $71.02 ↓ -74%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $80.07 ↓ -71%
United Commercial|Exchange $88.00 ↓ -68%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $93.30 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $93.30 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $95.39 ↓ -65%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $97.92 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $107.23 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Charter $129.00 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $136.00 ↓ -50%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↓ -50%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $136.00 ↓ -50%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $136.00 ↓ -50%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $136.00 ↓ -50%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $137.36 ↓ -50%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $138.72 ↓ -49%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $138.72 ↓ -49%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $140.08 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|HMO $144.00 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|PPO $144.00 ↓ -47%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $145.52 ↓ -47%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $145.52 ↓ -47%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $149.60 ↓ -45%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $183.60 ↓ -33%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $204.00 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $204.00 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $204.00 ↓ -25%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $204.00 ↓ -25%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $204.00 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $209.44 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $210.87 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $217.25 ↓ -21%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $217.25 ↓ -21%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $236.91 ↓ -13%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $273.35 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $282.57 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $367.07 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $429.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $429.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $429.55 ↑ +57%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $442.00 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $468.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $507.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $507.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $507.65 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $546.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $546.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $546.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $585.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $645.27 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $663.85 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $781.00 ↑ +186%

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Platelets irradiated ea unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $170.80 $69.63 – $1,744.82
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $273.35 $69.63 – $781.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $273.35 $69.63 – $781.00
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St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $80.64 $34.56 – $115.20
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