Pretreat rbc w enzyme reference 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

$350.70

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.

$1,002.00

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.

$56.17 with Cigna vs $1,002.00 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $56.17 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $61.98 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $84.75 ↓ -76%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $123.58 ↓ -65%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $171.64 ↓ -51%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↓ -51%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↓ -51%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $171.64 ↓ -51%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $171.64 ↓ -51%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $171.64 ↓ -51%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $173.36 ↓ -51%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↓ -50%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $175.07 ↓ -50%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $176.79 ↓ -50%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↓ -48%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $183.65 ↓ -48%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $188.80 ↓ -46%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $231.71 ↓ -34%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $257.46 ↓ -27%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $257.46 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↓ -27%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $257.46 ↓ -27%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $257.46 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $264.33 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $270.54 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $323.15 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|PPO $323.15 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|Charter $323.15 ↓ -8%
United Commercial|HMO $323.15 ↓ -8%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $350.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $362.53 ↑ +3%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $413.78 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Optum $470.94 ↑ +34%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $487.05 ↑ +39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $538.48 ↑ +54%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $551.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $551.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $551.10 ↑ +57%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $557.83 ↑ +59%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $601.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $651.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $651.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $651.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $681.36 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $701.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $701.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $701.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $751.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $827.86 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $851.70 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $923.92 ↑ +163%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,002.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,002.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,002.00 ↑ +186%

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