Plcmt xtn pros evasc rpr per vsl 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

$51.80

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.

$148.00

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.

$11.84 with TCHP vs $9,158.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.84 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $11.84 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.08 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $15.87 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $16.23 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $36.95 ↓ -29%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $36.95 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $39.96 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $51.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $53.55 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $69.56 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $81.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $81.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $81.40 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $88.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $96.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $96.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $96.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $100.64 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $103.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $103.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $103.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $111.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $122.28 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $125.80 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $148.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $253.54 ↑ +389%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $324.53 ↑ +527%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $490.17 ↑ +846%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $581.45 ↑ +1022%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $649.06 ↑ +1153%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +1458%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +1776%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +4591%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +4591%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,748.00 ↑ +5205%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,309.00 ↑ +6288%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,646.00 ↑ +6939%
United Commercial|Charter $4,058.00 ↑ +7734%
United Commercial|PPO $4,508.00 ↑ +8603%
United Commercial|HMO $4,508.00 ↑ +8603%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,158.00 ↑ +17580%

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