Unit mobile power mpu 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

$27,224.40

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.

$77,784.00

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.

$13,992.72 with BCBS-TX vs $66,632.00 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 $13,992.72 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $14,659.04 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Exchange $15,991.68 ↓ -41%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $17,324.32 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $17,990.64 ↓ -34%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $17,990.64 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|Charter $18,656.96 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $19,989.60 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19,989.60 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $19,989.60 ↓ -27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $19,989.60 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|PPO $20,655.92 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|HMO $20,655.92 ↓ -24%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $23,321.20 ↓ -14%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $24,107.46 ↓ -11%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $27,319.12 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial|PPO $27,985.44 ↑ +3%
Humana Commercial|HMO $27,985.44 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $31,317.04 ↑ +15%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $36,647.60 ↑ +35%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $36,647.60 ↑ +35%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $36,647.60 ↑ +35%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $39,979.20 ↑ +47%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $39,979.20 ↑ +47%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $43,310.80 ↑ +59%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $43,310.80 ↑ +59%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $43,310.80 ↑ +59%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $43,310.80 ↑ +59%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $43,310.80 ↑ +59%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $46,642.40 ↑ +71%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $46,642.40 ↑ +71%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $46,642.40 ↑ +71%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $49,974.00 ↑ +84%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $55,051.36 ↑ +102%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $56,637.20 ↑ +108%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $66,632.00 ↑ +145%

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