Descend thora aorta rpr/lt sub art 33880 at St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital
1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659559573
$6,288.45
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.
$17,967.00
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.
$1,405.79 with BCBS-TX vs $17,967.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $1,405.79 | ↓ -78% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,437.36 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,437.36 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,466.11 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $1,799.41 | ↓ -71% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $1,926.07 | ↓ -69% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $1,969.19 | ↓ -69% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,404.80 | ↓ -62% |
| Humana | Commercial|HMO | $2,430.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | Commercial|PPO | $2,430.00 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $2,717.87 | ↓ -57% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,748.00 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $3,223.95 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $3,309.00 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $3,598.83 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $3,646.00 | ↓ -42% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $4,058.00 | ↓ -35% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,484.57 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,484.57 | ↓ -29% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $4,508.00 | ↓ -28% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $4,508.00 | ↓ -28% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $4,851.09 | ↓ -23% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $6,288.45 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $6,500.47 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $8,444.49 | ↑ +34% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $9,158.00 | ↑ +46% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $9,881.85 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $9,881.85 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $9,881.85 | ↑ +57% |
| Independent Med System | Commercial|All Plans | $10,780.20 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $10,780.20 | ↑ +71% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $11,678.55 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $11,678.55 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $11,678.55 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,678.55 | ↑ +86% |
| PHCS Savility | Commercial|PPO | $11,678.55 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $12,217.56 | ↑ +94% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $12,576.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $12,576.90 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $12,576.90 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $13,475.25 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Transplant | $13,654.92 | ↑ +117% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $14,844.34 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $15,271.95 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $17,967.00 | ↑ +186% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $8,684.65 | $2,460.65 – $12,303.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $8,271.10 | $1,702.47 – $12,406.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $8,271.10 | $1,654.22 – $10,338.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $8,684.65 | $2,315.91 – $12,303.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $8,271.10 | $2,502.00 – $12,406.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $8,271.10 | $2,234.00 – $12,406.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $8,271.10 | $2,502.00 – $12,406.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $8,684.65 | $2,315.91 – $12,303.26 |