Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital

1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659559573

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$298.05

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.

$851.57

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.

$0.79 with United vs $135.26 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
United Commercial|Exchange $0.79 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Charter $1.18 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|PPO $1.18 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $1.18 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1.68 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2.67 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5.77 ↓ -98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $7.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $29.76 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $35.17 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $35.17 ↓ -88%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $36.53 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $43.29 ↓ -85%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $44.64 ↓ -85%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $47.35 ↓ -84%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $48.94 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|Optum $63.58 ↓ -79%
Humana Commercial|HMO $64.93 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial|PPO $64.93 ↓ -78%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $66.28 ↓ -78%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $74.40 ↓ -75%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $74.40 ↓ -75%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $74.40 ↓ -75%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $81.16 ↓ -73%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $81.16 ↓ -73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $87.92 ↓ -71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $87.92 ↓ -71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $87.92 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $94.69 ↓ -68%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $94.69 ↓ -68%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $94.69 ↓ -68%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $94.69 ↓ -68%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $94.69 ↓ -68%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $97.39 ↓ -67%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $101.45 ↓ -66%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $111.76 ↓ -63%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $114.98 ↓ -61%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $135.26 ↓ -55%

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Acetylcysteine 200 mg/ml (20 %) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $110.18 $8.35 – $8.35
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $1,170.28 $0.37 – $10.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $298.05 $0.96 – $135.26
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,012.20 $0.64 – $76.36
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $1,306.71 $0.45 – $10.42
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $195.96 $0.45 – $10.42
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $298.05 $0.79 – $135.26

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