Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$1,565.20

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.

$4,472.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $4,472.00 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $203.10 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $235.10 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $235.90 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $235.90 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $235.90 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $240.62 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $240.62 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $240.62 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $247.69 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $271.29 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $294.91 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $316.11 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $323.18 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $357.76 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $357.76 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $363.29 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $389.51 ↓ -75%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $395.42 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $442.37 ↓ -72%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $478.51 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $479.40 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $549.19 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $549.19 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $549.19 ↓ -65%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $549.19 ↓ -65%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $549.19 ↓ -65%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $554.68 ↓ -65%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $560.17 ↓ -64%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $560.17 ↓ -64%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $565.67 ↓ -64%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $587.63 ↓ -62%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $587.63 ↓ -62%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $604.11 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Exchange $717.00 ↓ -54%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $736.01 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $736.01 ↓ -53%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $741.41 ↓ -53%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $808.04 ↓ -48%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $823.79 ↓ -47%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $823.79 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $823.79 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $823.79 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $845.75 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Charter $1,059.00 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|HMO $1,176.00 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|PPO $1,176.00 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,207.44 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,565.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,617.97 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,784.87 ↑ +14%
United Commercial|Optum $2,101.84 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,459.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,459.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,459.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,683.20 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,906.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,906.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,906.80 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,130.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,130.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,130.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,354.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,694.77 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,801.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,472.00 ↑ +186%

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