Pr excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia <= 0.5 cm at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$1,358.35
Cash price 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.
$3,881.00
Gross charge 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.
$66.59 with BCBS-TX vs $5,274.30 with NX Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $66.59 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $74.19 | ↓ -95% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $74.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $74.19 | ↓ -95% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|Lakeside | $74.19 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $74.19 | ↓ -95% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $75.67 | ↓ -94% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $75.67 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $75.67 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $77.90 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $85.23 | ↓ -94% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $85.32 | ↓ -94% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $99.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $99.41 | ↓ -93% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $101.64 | ↓ -93% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $114.25 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $128.73 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $152.70 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $170.46 | ↓ -87% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $231.47 | ↓ -83% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $231.47 | ↓ -83% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $942.30 | ↓ -31% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $1,047.87 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $1,076.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $1,168.46 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,298.00 | ↓ -4% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $1,358.35 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $1,404.15 | ↑ +3% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,622.86 | ↑ +19% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,622.86 | ↑ +19% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,622.86 | ↑ +19% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,622.86 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,622.86 | ↑ +19% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $1,622.86 | ↑ +19% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $1,639.09 | ↑ +21% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $1,655.32 | ↑ +22% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,655.32 | ↑ +22% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $1,671.55 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,676.00 | ↑ +23% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,736.46 | ↑ +28% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,736.46 | ↑ +28% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,785.15 | ↑ +31% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $1,824.07 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $1,864.00 | ↑ +37% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $2,054.00 | ↑ +51% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $2,134.55 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,134.55 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,134.55 | ↑ +57% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $2,190.86 | ↑ +61% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $2,328.60 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $2,328.60 | ↑ +71% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,352.97 | ↑ +73% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $2,434.29 | ↑ +79% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,434.29 | ↑ +79% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,434.29 | ↑ +79% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $2,434.29 | ↑ +79% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $2,434.29 | ↑ +79% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,474.00 | ↑ +82% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $2,499.20 | ↑ +84% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $2,522.65 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $2,522.65 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,522.65 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $2,522.65 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,522.65 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,639.08 | ↑ +94% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $2,716.70 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $2,716.70 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $2,716.70 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +102% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +102% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,910.75 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $2,949.56 | ↑ +117% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,206.49 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $3,298.85 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $3,881.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $5,160.00 | ↑ +280% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $5,274.30 | ↑ +288% |
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Pr excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia <= 0.5 cm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,953.07 | $71.00 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,690.30 | $71.00 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,953.07 | $79.38 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,953.07 | $74.19 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,690.30 | $71.00 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $1,953.07 | $71.00 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $1,953.07 | $71.00 – $4,016.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $1,690.30 | $71.00 – $4,016.35 |