Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest 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

$694.40

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.

$1,984.00

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.

$60.98 with BCBS-TX vs $1,984.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $60.98 ↓ -91%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $63.15 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $87.54 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $88.55 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $88.55 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $89.29 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $89.29 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.32 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $91.92 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $101.83 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $110.72 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $118.66 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $121.31 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $129.75 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $136.37 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $145.75 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $158.72 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $158.72 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $212.69 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $276.28 ↓ -60%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $276.28 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Exchange $362.00 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Charter $533.00 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $535.68 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|PPO $592.00 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|HMO $592.00 ↓ -15%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $694.40 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $717.82 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $932.48 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,091.20 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,091.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,091.20 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,170.56 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,190.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,289.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,289.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,289.60 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,349.12 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,388.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,388.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,388.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,488.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,639.19 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,686.40 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,984.00 ↑ +186%

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