Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple 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

$369.95

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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.

$1,057.00

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.

$86.62 with BCBS-TX 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $86.62 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $98.28 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $98.28 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $98.28 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $98.28 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $98.28 ↓ -73%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $100.25 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $100.25 ↓ -73%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $100.25 ↓ -73%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $103.19 ↓ -72%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $110.87 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $113.02 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $131.70 ↓ -64%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $131.70 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $134.64 ↓ -64%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $151.35 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $167.46 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $198.64 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $221.74 ↓ -40%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $285.39 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $288.13 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $306.63 ↓ -17%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $306.63 ↓ -17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $369.95 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $382.43 ↑ +3%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +8%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +8%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +8%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↑ +8%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↑ +8%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $400.18 ↑ +8%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↑ +9%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +10%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +10%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +11%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +16%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +16%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $440.20 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Optum $496.79 ↑ +34%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $540.24 ↑ +46%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↑ +56%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $581.35 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $581.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $581.35 ↑ +57%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +62%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $600.27 ↑ +62%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $600.27 ↑ +62%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $616.28 ↑ +67%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $634.20 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $634.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $687.05 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $687.05 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $687.05 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $687.05 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $687.05 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $718.76 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $739.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $739.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $739.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $792.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $803.32 ↑ +117%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +118%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $873.30 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $898.45 ↑ +143%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +163%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,057.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,300.59 ↑ +252%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↑ +268%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +353%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +404%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +455%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +557%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +557%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +569%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +643%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +643%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +1295%

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