Drain thigh/knee lesion 27301 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

$2,342.90

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.

$6,694.00

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.

$815.20 with TCHP vs $9,316.74 with NX Health — 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $815.20 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↓ -65%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $815.20 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $815.20 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $815.20 ↓ -65%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $831.50 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $831.50 ↓ -65%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $831.50 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $855.96 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $937.48 ↓ -60%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,092.37 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,092.37 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $1,116.82 ↓ -52%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,233.00 ↓ -47%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $1,255.41 ↓ -46%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,488.00 ↓ -36%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,609.00 ↓ -31%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,739.17 ↓ -26%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,795.00 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,807.38 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,064.02 ↓ -12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,226.13 ↓ -5%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,285.81 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,342.90 ↑ +0%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,421.89 ↑ +3%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,543.42 ↑ +9%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,543.42 ↑ +9%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $2,866.69 ↑ +22%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +22%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $2,866.69 ↑ +22%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +22%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +22%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $2,895.36 ↑ +24%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $2,924.02 ↑ +25%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,924.02 ↑ +25%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $2,952.69 ↑ +26%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,067.36 ↑ +31%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,067.36 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Exchange $3,137.00 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $3,146.18 ↑ +34%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,153.36 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,262.00 ↑ +39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,362.39 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,594.00 ↑ +53%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,681.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,681.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,681.70 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $3,870.03 ↑ +65%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3,965.11 ↑ +69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,988.49 ↑ +70%
Humana Commercial|PPO $4,000.00 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|HMO $4,000.00 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $4,016.40 ↑ +71%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,300.03 ↑ +84%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $4,300.03 ↑ +84%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,300.03 ↑ +84%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,300.03 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,351.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,351.10 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,351.10 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4,414.70 ↑ +88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,452.27 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $4,551.92 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Charter $4,631.00 ↑ +98%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,685.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,685.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,685.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $5,020.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $5,087.44 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|HMO $5,145.00 ↑ +120%
United Commercial|PPO $5,145.00 ↑ +120%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,252.00 ↑ +124%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,252.00 ↑ +124%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,530.59 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,689.90 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,694.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,029.00 ↑ +285%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $9,316.74 ↑ +298%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,187.72 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,620.47 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,606.86 $815.20 – $7,039.11

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