St evaluate speech sound production 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

$194.60

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$556.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $623.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $136.80 ↓ -30%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $150.12 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $158.35 ↓ -19%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $194.60 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $198.64 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $201.17 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $261.32 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $262.36 ↑ +35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $297.97 ↑ +53%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $305.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $305.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $305.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $333.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $361.40 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $361.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $361.40 ↑ +86%
United Commercial|Exchange $380.00 ↑ +95%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $389.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $389.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $389.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $417.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $459.37 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $472.60 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $556.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $564.00 ↑ +190%
United Commercial|PPO $623.00 ↑ +220%
United Commercial|HMO $623.00 ↑ +220%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

St evaluate speech sound production at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $363.57 $103.01 – $515.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $406.75 $83.72 – $610.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $407.75 $81.55 – $509.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $363.57 $96.95 – $515.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $406.75 $112.00 – $610.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $406.75 $155.00 – $610.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $407.75 $112.00 – $611.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $363.57 $96.95 – $515.06

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →