X-ray thoracic spine 2 views at St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital
17400 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1184868879
$405.65
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.
$1,159.00
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.
$33.08 with Wellpoint vs $1,159.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $33.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $33.08 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $33.08 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $33.74 | ↓ -92% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $33.74 | ↓ -92% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $33.74 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $34.73 | ↓ -91% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $38.04 | ↓ -91% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $44.33 | ↓ -89% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $45.32 | ↓ -89% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $50.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $72.61 | ↓ -82% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $76.69 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $79.97 | ↓ -80% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $92.72 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|Lakeside | $92.72 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $98.10 | ↓ -76% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $103.21 | ↓ -75% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $103.21 | ↓ -75% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -74% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $106.51 | ↓ -74% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -74% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $106.51 | ↓ -74% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $107.58 | ↓ -73% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $108.64 | ↓ -73% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $108.64 | ↓ -73% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $109.71 | ↓ -73% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $113.97 | ↓ -72% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $113.97 | ↓ -72% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $117.16 | ↓ -71% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $124.25 | ↓ -69% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $140.00 | ↓ -65% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $143.79 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $158.03 | ↓ -61% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $159.76 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $159.76 | ↓ -61% |
| Harris Health | Commercial|ERS | $159.76 | ↓ -61% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $159.76 | ↓ -61% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $159.76 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS - TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $163.64 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $164.03 | ↓ -60% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $182.06 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $209.00 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $230.00 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $230.00 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $286.92 | ↓ -29% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $312.93 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $336.24 | ↓ -17% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $346.16 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $377.71 | ↓ -7% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $405.65 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $419.33 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $544.73 | ↑ +34% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $637.45 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $637.45 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $637.45 | ↑ +57% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $683.81 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $695.40 | ↑ +71% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $753.35 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $753.35 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $753.35 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $788.12 | ↑ +94% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $811.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $811.30 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $811.30 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $869.25 | ↑ +114% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $957.57 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $985.15 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $1,159.00 | ↑ +186% |
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X-ray thoracic spine 2 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $670.05 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $312.80 | $33.08 – $391.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $403.23 | $83.00 – $604.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $403.23 | $33.08 – $504.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $312.80 | $33.08 – $391.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $403.23 | $35.40 – $604.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $403.23 | $33.08 – $604.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $403.23 | $33.08 – $604.85 |