Rmvl foreign body upper arm/elbow subcutaneous 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

$1,336.65

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.

$3,819.00

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.

$110.44 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.

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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 $110.44 ↓ -92%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $123.47 ↓ -91%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $123.47 ↓ -91%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $123.47 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $123.47 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $123.47 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $125.94 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $125.94 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $125.94 ↓ -91%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $129.64 ↓ -90%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $141.36 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $141.99 ↓ -89%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $165.45 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $165.45 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $169.15 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $190.14 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $213.51 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $253.27 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $282.72 ↓ -79%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $385.23 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $385.23 ↓ -71%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,031.13 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,168.46 ↓ -13%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,336.65 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,381.72 ↑ +3%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +21%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +21%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,622.86 ↑ +21%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +21%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,622.86 ↑ +21%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↑ +21%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,639.09 ↑ +23%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +24%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↑ +24%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +25%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +30%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +30%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,785.15 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $1,794.93 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +54%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,100.45 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,100.45 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,100.45 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,190.86 ↑ +64%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $2,291.40 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,291.40 ↑ +71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↑ +76%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +80%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +82%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $2,434.29 ↑ +82%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +85%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,482.35 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,482.35 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $2,482.35 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,482.35 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,482.35 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,499.20 ↑ +87%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $2,596.92 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,673.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,673.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,673.30 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,864.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,902.44 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,155.26 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,246.15 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $3,819.00 ↑ +186%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +199%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +199%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +286%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $5,274.30 ↑ +295%

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