Correction of astigmatism 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

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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.

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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.

$335.22 with Wellpoint vs $10,059.00 with Cigna — 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|CHIP $335.22
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $335.22
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $335.22
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $335.22
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $335.22
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $341.92
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $341.92
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $341.92
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $351.98
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $385.50
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $449.19
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $449.19
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $459.25
CHC Medicaid|STAR $516.24
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $605.23
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $698.48
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $774.69
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $794.79
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $970.11
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $970.11
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $970.11
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $970.11
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $970.11
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $979.81
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $989.51
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $989.51
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $999.21
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,038.02
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,038.02
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,045.89
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,045.89
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,067.12
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,170.11
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,309.65
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,354.25
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,387.99
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,455.16
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,455.16
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $1,455.16
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,455.16
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,493.97
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,528.00
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,549.38
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,842.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,848.60
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,929.00
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $2,202.00
United Commercial|Exchange $2,303.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,511.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,511.00
NX Health Commercial|PPO $3,152.86
United Commercial|Charter $3,400.00
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,635.00
United Commercial|HMO $3,778.00
United Commercial|PPO $3,778.00
Cigna Commercial|HMO $4,005.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $7,089.00
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,089.00
Cigna Commercial|PPO $10,059.00
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital

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