Cromolyn sodium noncomp unit at St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital
1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659559573
$4.83
Cash price 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.
$13.79
Gross charge 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.
$0.30 with United vs $4.93 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $0.30 | ↓ -94% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $0.45 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $0.45 | ↓ -91% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $0.45 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $1.30 | ↓ -73% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $1.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $1.37 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $1.37 | ↓ -72% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $1.73 | ↓ -64% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $1.79 | ↓ -63% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $2.32 | ↓ -52% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $2.72 | ↓ -44% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $2.72 | ↓ -44% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $2.72 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $2.96 | ↓ -39% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $2.96 | ↓ -39% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $3.21 | ↓ -34% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $3.21 | ↓ -34% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3.21 | ↓ -34% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $3.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $3.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $3.46 | ↓ -28% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|AP3-PPO | $3.55 | ↓ -27% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $3.70 | ↓ -23% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4.08 | ↓ -16% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $4.20 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $4.93 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4.93 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $4.93 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4.93 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $4.93 | ↑ +2% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $4.93 | ↑ +2% |
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Cromolyn sodium noncomp unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $4.83 | $0.37 – $4.93 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $4.83 | $0.30 – $4.93 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $4.83 | $0.30 – $4.93 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $4.83 | $0.30 – $4.93 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $24.06 – $24.06 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $0.29 – $53.67 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $0.29 – $53.67 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $1.00 – $24.95 |