Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid 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

$67.20

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$192.00

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.

$5.83 with Renaissance vs $192.00 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 $5.83 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.80 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.80 ↓ -90%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $6.80 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.80 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $6.80 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.94 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $6.94 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.94 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $7.14 ↓ -89%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.82 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $8.10 ↓ -88%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $8.10 ↓ -88%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $8.10 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8.10 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $8.10 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.10 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $8.18 ↓ -88%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -88%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $8.26 ↓ -88%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $8.34 ↓ -88%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8.67 ↓ -87%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $8.67 ↓ -87%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $8.91 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9.11 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $9.11 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $9.32 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $10.47 ↓ -84%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $10.94 ↓ -84%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $11.83 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12.15 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $12.15 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $12.15 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $12.15 ↓ -82%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $12.15 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $12.47 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|PPO $12.95 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.95 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|HMO $12.95 ↓ -81%
United Commercial|Charter $12.95 ↓ -81%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13.37 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $15.39 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $19.00 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.97 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.22 ↓ -68%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.22 ↓ -68%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $26.32 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $26.41 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $28.67 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $35.48 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $41.55 ↓ -38%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $51.84 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $67.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $69.47 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $90.24 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $105.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $105.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $105.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $115.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $124.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $124.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $124.80 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $130.56 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $134.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $134.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $134.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $144.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $158.64 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $163.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $192.00 ↑ +186%

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