Tc-99m disofenin 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

$63.70

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.

$182.00

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.

$47.32 with United vs $182.00 with BCBS-TX — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $47.32 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $49.14 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $61.88 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $63.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $65.85 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $69.16 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $69.16 ↑ +9%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $75.99 ↑ +19%
United Commercial|Optum $85.54 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $85.76 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↑ +57%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $100.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $100.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $100.10 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $109.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $118.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $118.30 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $118.30 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $127.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $127.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $127.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $136.50 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $147.81 ↑ +132%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $150.37 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $154.70 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $182.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $182.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $182.00 ↑ +186%

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Tc-99m disofenin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $893.78 $101.95 – $818.16
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $63.70 $49.14 – $182.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $85.40 $59.84 – $439.20
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $63.70 $47.32 – $182.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $63.70 $47.32 – $182.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $85.40 $59.84 – $414.80
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $239.72 $102.74 – $342.45
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $85.40 $59.84 – $541.68

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