Unlisted chemotherapy px 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

$39.90

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.

$114.00

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.

$30.78 with OPTUM vs $230.00 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $30.78 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $33.27 ↓ -17%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $39.90 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $41.25 ↑ +3%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $46.21 ↑ +16%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $46.21 ↑ +16%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $46.21 ↑ +16%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $46.21 ↑ +16%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $46.21 ↑ +16%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $46.21 ↑ +16%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $46.67 ↑ +17%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $47.13 ↑ +18%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $47.13 ↑ +18%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $47.60 ↑ +19%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $49.44 ↑ +24%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $49.44 ↑ +24%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $50.83 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|Optum $53.58 ↑ +34%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $55.64 ↑ +39%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $62.38 ↑ +56%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $62.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $62.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $62.70 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $64.41 ↑ +61%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $66.92 ↑ +68%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $68.40 ↑ +71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $69.31 ↑ +74%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $69.31 ↑ +74%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $69.31 ↑ +74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $69.31 ↑ +74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $69.31 ↑ +74%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $71.16 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $74.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $74.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $74.10 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $79.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $79.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $79.80 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $80.79 ↑ +102%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $85.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $94.19 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $96.90 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↑ +151%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +151%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↑ +151%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $106.71 ↑ +167%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $114.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $114.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↑ +251%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $150.18 ↑ +276%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↑ +424%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↑ +476%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↑ +476%

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Unlisted chemotherapy px at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $507.17 $44.69 – $314.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $475.70 $49.02 – $357.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $475.70 $44.69 – $425.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $507.17 $44.69 – $314.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $475.70 $44.69 – $357.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $475.70 $117.68 – $357.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $475.70 $44.69 – $510.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $507.17 $44.69 – $314.46

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