Vitamin b-12 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

$71.40

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.

$204.00

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.

$10.86 with Renaissance vs $204.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $10.86 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.67 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.67 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $12.67 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.67 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $12.67 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.92 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $12.92 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.92 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $13.30 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.57 ↓ -80%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $15.08 ↓ -79%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -79%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -79%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $15.08 ↓ -79%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $15.08 ↓ -79%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $15.08 ↓ -79%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $15.23 ↓ -79%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $15.38 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $15.38 ↓ -78%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $15.53 ↓ -78%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $16.14 ↓ -77%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $16.14 ↓ -77%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $16.59 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $16.98 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $16.98 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $17.36 ↓ -76%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $19.51 ↓ -73%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $20.36 ↓ -71%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $22.02 ↓ -69%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $22.62 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $22.62 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $22.62 ↓ -68%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $22.62 ↓ -68%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $22.62 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $23.22 ↓ -67%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $24.88 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|PPO $27.92 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|HMO $27.92 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Charter $27.92 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Exchange $27.92 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $28.65 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $36.35 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $39.53 ↓ -45%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $39.53 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $40.12 ↓ -44%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $49.01 ↓ -31%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $49.16 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $54.84 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $55.08 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $66.05 ↓ -7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $71.40 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $73.81 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $77.36 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|Optum $95.88 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $112.20 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $112.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $112.20 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $122.40 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $132.60 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $132.60 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $132.60 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $138.72 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $142.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $142.80 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $142.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $153.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $168.55 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $173.40 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $204.00 ↑ +186%

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