Therapeutic procd strg endur 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

$32.90

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.

$94.00

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.

$14.21 with BCBS - TX vs $1,604.00 with United — 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|MyBlue Health Exchange $14.21 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $16.44 ↓ -50%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $17.66 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $20.63 ↓ -37%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24.53 ↓ -25%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -25%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $24.53 ↓ -25%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -25%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -25%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $24.53 ↓ -25%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $24.78 ↓ -25%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↓ -24%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↓ -24%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $25.38 ↓ -23%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -20%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -20%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $26.98 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $27.24 ↓ -17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $30.94 ↓ -6%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $32.90 ↑ +0%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $33.12 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $34.01 ↑ +3%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↑ +12%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $36.80 ↑ +12%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $36.80 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↑ +12%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $36.80 ↑ +12%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $37.78 ↑ +15%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $41.32 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Optum $44.18 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $51.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $51.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $51.70 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $56.40 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $61.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $61.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $61.10 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $65.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $65.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $65.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $70.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $77.67 ↑ +136%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $79.72 ↑ +142%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $79.90 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $94.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $94.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $94.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $94.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $978.00 ↑ +2873%
United Commercial|Charter $1,443.00 ↑ +4286%
United Commercial|PPO $1,604.00 ↑ +4775%
United Commercial|HMO $1,604.00 ↑ +4775%

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Therapeutic procd strg endur at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $143.36 $27.61 – $179.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $134.49 $27.68 – $201.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $119.55 $23.91 – $149.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $143.36 $22.77 – $179.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $134.49 $27.61 – $201.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $134.49 $69.49 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $119.55 $27.61 – $179.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $143.36 $27.61 – $179.21

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