Bx breast 1st lesion mr imag 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

$3,262.70

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.

$9,322.00

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.

$486.45 with Wellpoint vs $9,322.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $486.45 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $486.45 ↓ -85%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $486.45 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $486.45 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $486.45 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $496.18 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $496.18 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $496.18 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $510.77 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $559.42 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $651.84 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $651.84 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $666.44 ↓ -80%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $749.13 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,029.45 ↓ -68%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,168.46 ↓ -64%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,317.70 ↓ -60%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,325.38 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,517.72 ↓ -53%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,517.72 ↓ -53%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,622.86 ↓ -50%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -50%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -50%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -50%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,622.86 ↓ -50%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,639.09 ↓ -50%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↓ -49%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↓ -49%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↓ -49%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↓ -47%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↓ -47%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,785.15 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,990.27 ↓ -39%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,190.86 ↓ -33%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00 ↓ -29%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↓ -28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,360.87 ↓ -28%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↓ -26%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↓ -26%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↓ -25%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,434.29 ↓ -25%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↓ -25%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,499.20 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,516.94 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,635.39 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,262.00 ↓ -0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $3,262.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,372.70 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,594.00 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Optum $4,381.34 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5,127.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $5,127.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $5,127.10 ↑ +57%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $5,274.30 ↑ +62%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,593.20 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $6,059.30 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $6,059.30 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $6,059.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,059.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $6,059.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $6,338.96 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $6,525.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6,525.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6,525.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $6,991.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $7,084.72 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,701.84 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $7,923.70 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,029.00 ↑ +177%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $9,322.00 ↑ +186%

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