Acute hepatitis panel 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

$389.55

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.

$1,113.00

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.

$8.08 with TCHP vs $1,113.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.08 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.08 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $8.08 ↓ -98%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $8.08 ↓ -98%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.24 ↓ -98%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.29 ↓ -98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $10.83 ↓ -97%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $10.83 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $11.07 ↓ -97%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $12.44 ↓ -97%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.21 ↓ -94%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.21 ↓ -94%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $34.29 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $40.01 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $40.81 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $40.81 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $42.01 ↓ -89%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $47.63 ↓ -88%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $47.63 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $47.63 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $47.63 ↓ -88%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $47.63 ↓ -88%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $48.11 ↓ -88%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $48.58 ↓ -88%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $48.58 ↓ -88%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $49.06 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $50.96 ↓ -87%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $50.96 ↓ -87%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $52.39 ↓ -87%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $58.81 ↓ -85%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $64.30 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $69.54 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $71.44 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $71.44 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $71.44 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $71.44 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $73.35 ↓ -81%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $78.59 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Exchange $88.22 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Charter $88.22 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|PPO $88.22 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $88.22 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $90.50 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $114.00 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $125.80 ↓ -68%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $154.80 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $155.27 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $172.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $208.62 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $244.34 ↓ -37%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $300.51 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $389.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $402.69 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $523.11 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $612.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $612.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $612.15 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $667.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $723.45 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $723.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $723.45 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $756.84 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $779.10 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $779.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $779.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $834.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $919.57 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $946.05 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,113.00 ↑ +186%

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