Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen 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

$35.00

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.

$100.00

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.

$12.15 with Renaissance vs $100.00 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 $12.15 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.17 ↓ -60%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.17 ↓ -60%
TCHP Medicaid|Lakeside $14.17 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.17 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $14.17 ↓ -60%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.45 ↓ -59%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $14.45 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.45 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $14.88 ↓ -57%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.30 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $16.87 ↓ -52%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -52%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $16.87 ↓ -52%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.87 ↓ -52%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $17.04 ↓ -51%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $17.21 ↓ -51%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.21 ↓ -51%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $17.38 ↓ -50%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -48%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $18.05 ↓ -48%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $18.56 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $18.99 ↓ -46%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $18.99 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $19.41 ↓ -45%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $21.82 ↓ -38%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $22.77 ↓ -35%
BCBS - TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $24.63 ↓ -30%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $25.30 ↓ -28%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $25.30 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $25.30 ↓ -28%
Harris Health Commercial|ERS $25.30 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $25.30 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $25.98 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $27.00 ↓ -23%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $27.84 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Charter $31.25 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|PPO $31.25 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Exchange $31.25 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|HMO $31.25 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $32.05 ↓ -8%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $35.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $36.18 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $40.48 ↑ +16%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $44.21 ↑ +26%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $44.21 ↑ +26%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $44.67 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|Optum $47.00 ↑ +34%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $54.83 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $55.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $55.00 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $55.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $55.00 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $60.00 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $61.07 ↑ +74%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $65.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $65.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $65.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $68.00 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $70.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $70.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $70.00 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $73.89 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $75.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $82.62 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $85.00 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $86.54 ↑ +147%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↑ +186%

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Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $405.00 $10.00 – $234.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $405.00 $12.00 – $252.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $405.00 $12.00 – $204.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $405.00 $10.00 – $234.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $405.00 $12.00 – $252.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $405.00 $8.00 – $252.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $405.00 $12.00 – $245.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $405.00 $10.00 – $234.62

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