Pul art balloon repr percut 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

$3,222.45

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.

$9,207.00

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.

$736.56 with TCHP vs $46,852.00 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 $736.56 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $736.56 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $751.30 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $987.00 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,009.09 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,298.07 ↓ -29%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,298.07 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,485.89 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $3,222.45 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,331.10 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $4,327.29 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,853.00 ↑ +51%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $5,063.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $5,063.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5,063.85 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,524.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $5,984.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,984.55 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $5,984.55 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,260.76 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6,444.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6,444.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $6,444.90 ↑ +100%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $6,674.00 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,905.25 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Charter $7,164.00 ↑ +122%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,606.83 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $7,825.95 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|PPO $7,961.00 ↑ +147%
United Commercial|HMO $7,961.00 ↑ +147%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $8,050.00 ↑ +150%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $9,207.00 ↑ +186%
Humana Commercial|PPO $16,200.00 ↑ +403%
Humana Commercial|HMO $16,200.00 ↑ +403%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $16,927.00 ↑ +425%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $18,652.00 ↑ +479%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $46,852.00 ↑ +1354%

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Pul art balloon repr percut at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,712.69 $1,051.93 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,877.43 $1,209.77 – $10,604.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,794.56 $1,158.91 – $10,604.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,712.69 $990.05 – $16,180.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5,877.43 $1,886.65 – $10,604.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $5,877.43 $3,036.67 – $8,816.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,794.56 $1,931.52 – $10,604.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,712.69 $990.05 – $16,180.00

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