Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital
1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659559573
$75.12
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.
$214.61
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.
$6.03 with BCBS-TX vs $189.48 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 |
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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $6.03 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $6.80 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $10.72 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $11.72 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $14.71 | ↓ -80% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $16.15 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $16.15 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $16.15 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $17.97 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $21.83 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $23.01 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $23.01 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $41.69 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $49.27 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $49.27 | ↓ -34% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $51.16 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $60.64 | ↓ -19% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $62.53 | ↓ -17% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $66.32 | ↓ -12% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $68.56 | ↓ -9% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $89.06 | ↑ +19% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $90.96 | ↑ +21% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $90.96 | ↑ +21% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $92.85 | ↑ +24% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $104.22 | ↑ +39% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $104.22 | ↑ +39% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $104.22 | ↑ +39% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $113.69 | ↑ +51% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $113.69 | ↑ +51% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $123.17 | ↑ +64% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $123.17 | ↑ +64% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $123.17 | ↑ +64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $132.64 | ↑ +77% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $132.64 | ↑ +77% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $132.64 | ↑ +77% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $132.64 | ↑ +77% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $132.64 | ↑ +77% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3-PPO | $136.43 | ↑ +82% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $142.11 | ↑ +89% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $156.55 | ↑ +108% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $161.06 | ↑ +114% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $189.48 | ↑ +152% |
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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $122.37 | $21.29 – $21.29 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $28.35 | $6.85 – $67.50 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $75.12 | $4.98 – $189.48 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $5.69 | $1.15 – $8.10 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $27.24 | $8.36 – $138.82 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $75.12 | $6.03 – $189.48 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $5.69 | $4.95 – $8.36 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $198.67 | $6.85 – $67.50 |