Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution 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

$7.35

Cash price

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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.

$21.00

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.

$0.59 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $2.64 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $0.59 ↓ -92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $0.69 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Exchange $0.69 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $0.69 ↓ -91%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $0.72 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $0.85 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $0.88 ↓ -88%
United Commercial|Charter $0.90 ↓ -88%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $0.93 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $0.96 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $0.96 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $0.96 ↓ -87%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $0.96 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|PPO $1.01 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|HMO $1.01 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Optum $1.25 ↓ -83%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1.27 ↓ -83%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1.27 ↓ -83%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1.30 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1.46 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1.46 ↓ -80%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1.46 ↓ -80%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1.59 ↓ -78%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1.59 ↓ -78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1.72 ↓ -77%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1.72 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1.72 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1.85 ↓ -75%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1.85 ↓ -75%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1.85 ↓ -75%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1.85 ↓ -75%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1.85 ↓ -75%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1.98 ↓ -73%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2.19 ↓ -70%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2.25 ↓ -69%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2.64 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2.64 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2.64 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2.64 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2.64 ↓ -64%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2.64 ↓ -64%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $28.66 $57.37 – $57.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.90 $2.40 – $26.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $63.36 $2.40 – $45.00

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