Prtl exchange transfuse nb 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

$511.35

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.

$1,461.00

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.

$291.03 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 $291.03 ↓ -43%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $315.28 ↓ -38%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $372.52 ↓ -27%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $394.47 ↓ -23%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $437.89 ↓ -14%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $437.89 ↓ -14%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $437.89 ↓ -14%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $437.89 ↓ -14%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $437.89 ↓ -14%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $437.89 ↓ -14%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $442.27 ↓ -14%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $446.65 ↓ -13%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $446.65 ↓ -13%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $451.03 ↓ -12%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $468.54 ↓ -8%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $468.54 ↓ -8%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $481.68 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $511.35 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $528.59 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $562.66 ↑ +10%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $591.15 ↑ +16%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $656.84 ↑ +28%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $656.84 ↑ +28%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $656.84 ↑ +28%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $656.84 ↑ +28%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $656.84 ↑ +28%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $663.76 ↑ +30%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $667.43 ↑ +31%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $674.35 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $686.67 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $745.04 ↑ +46%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $803.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $803.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $803.55 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +58%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $876.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $949.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $949.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $949.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $993.48 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,022.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,022.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,022.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,095.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,207.08 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,241.85 ↑ +143%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,423.14 ↑ +178%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,461.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +228%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +265%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +302%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +370%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +375%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +375%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +384%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +438%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +438%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +909%

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