Ventilator initial day at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$2,172.45
Cash price 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.
$6,207.00
Gross charge 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.
$100.00 with Cigna vs $6,207.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $100.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $100.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $100.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $476.76 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $662.17 | ↓ -70% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $662.17 | ↓ -70% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $662.17 | ↓ -70% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $662.17 | ↓ -70% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $662.17 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $662.17 | ↓ -70% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $668.79 | ↓ -69% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $675.41 | ↓ -69% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $675.41 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $678.21 | ↓ -69% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $682.04 | ↓ -69% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $708.52 | ↓ -67% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $708.52 | ↓ -67% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $728.39 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $785.06 | ↓ -64% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $814.69 | ↓ -62% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $893.93 | ↓ -59% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $978.00 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $984.80 | ↓ -55% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $993.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $993.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $993.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $993.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $993.25 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $1,019.74 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,300.68 | ↓ -40% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $1,443.00 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,477.21 | ↓ -32% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $1,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,604.00 | ↓ -26% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $1,675.89 | ↓ -23% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $2,152.05 | ↓ -1% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $2,172.45 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $2,245.70 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $2,917.29 | ↑ +34% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $3,413.85 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $3,413.85 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $3,413.85 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $3,724.20 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,034.55 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $4,034.55 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $4,034.55 | ↑ +86% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $4,344.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $4,344.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $4,344.90 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,655.25 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $5,128.23 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $5,275.95 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $6,207.00 | ↑ +186% |
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Ventilator initial day at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,594.20 | $1,788.44 – $1,788.44 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,002.58 | $567.40 – $2,503.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,501.44 | $309.05 – $2,252.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,879.12 | $375.82 – $2,348.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,002.58 | $534.02 – $2,503.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,501.44 | $481.96 – $2,252.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,501.44 | $775.74 – $3,235.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,879.12 | $589.57 – $2,818.67 |