Blood draw capillary 36416 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

$24.50

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.

$70.00

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.

$4.32 with United vs $2,430.00 with Humana — 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|HMO $4.32 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Charter $4.32 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|PPO $4.32 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Exchange $4.32 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $4.69 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $5.17 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7.07 ↓ -71%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $18.90 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $24.50 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $25.33 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $32.90 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $38.50 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $38.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $38.50 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $42.00 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $42.00 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $45.50 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $45.50 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $45.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $45.50 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $45.50 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $49.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $49.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $49.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $52.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $57.84 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $59.50 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $70.00 ↑ +186%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +9716%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +9818%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +9818%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $24.67 $7.92 – $37.00
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