Blood gases ph venous 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

$41.30

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.

$118.00

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.

$7.92 with Renaissance vs $118.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $7.92 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.24 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $9.24 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.24 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.24 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.24 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.42 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.42 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $9.42 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $9.70 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.63 ↓ -74%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $11.00 ↓ -73%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -73%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -73%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $11.00 ↓ -73%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $11.00 ↓ -73%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $11.11 ↓ -73%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $11.22 ↓ -73%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $11.22 ↓ -73%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $11.33 ↓ -73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11.77 ↓ -72%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $11.77 ↓ -72%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $12.10 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $12.38 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $12.38 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $12.66 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $14.23 ↓ -66%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $14.85 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $16.06 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|PPO $16.50 ↓ -60%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Charter $16.50 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|HMO $16.50 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $16.50 ↓ -60%
United Commercial|Exchange $16.50 ↓ -60%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $16.50 ↓ -60%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $16.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $16.94 ↓ -59%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $18.15 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $20.90 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $26.45 ↓ -36%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $28.83 ↓ -30%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $28.83 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $29.18 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $31.86 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $35.75 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $35.86 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $39.88 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $41.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $42.70 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $48.18 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $55.46 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $56.43 ↑ +37%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $64.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $64.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $64.90 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $69.62 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $70.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $76.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $76.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $76.70 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $80.24 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $82.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $82.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $82.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $88.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $97.50 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $100.30 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $118.00 ↑ +186%

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