Brachytx isodose plan simple 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

$1,253.70

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.

$3,582.00

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.

$193.63 with BCBS-TX vs $3,582.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $193.63 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $202.91 ↓ -84%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $264.00 ↓ -79%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $317.66 ↓ -75%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -71%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $366.66 ↓ -71%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $366.66 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $366.66 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $366.66 ↓ -71%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $370.33 ↓ -70%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $373.99 ↓ -70%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $373.99 ↓ -70%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $377.66 ↓ -70%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -69%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $392.33 ↓ -69%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $403.33 ↓ -68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $468.15 ↓ -63%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $494.99 ↓ -61%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -56%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $549.99 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $549.99 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $549.99 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $564.66 ↓ -55%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $566.30 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $604.75 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $672.38 ↓ -46%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $967.14 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,002.96 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,110.42 ↓ -11%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,191.65 ↓ -5%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,253.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,295.97 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,468.62 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $1,683.54 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,970.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,970.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,970.10 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,033.00 ↑ +62%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,113.38 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,149.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,328.30 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,328.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,328.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,435.76 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,507.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,507.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,507.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,686.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,959.45 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|Charter $3,001.00 ↑ +139%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,044.70 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|PPO $3,334.00 ↑ +166%
United Commercial|HMO $3,334.00 ↑ +166%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $3,582.00 ↑ +186%

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