Encephalitis, st louis igg/igm 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

$24.15

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.

$69.00

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.

$9.50 with Renaissance vs $69.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $9.50 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.08 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $11.08 ↓ -54%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.08 ↓ -54%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.08 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.08 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.30 ↓ -53%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.30 ↓ -53%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $11.30 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $11.63 ↓ -52%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.74 ↓ -47%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $13.19 ↓ -45%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $13.19 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $13.19 ↓ -45%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $13.19 ↓ -45%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $13.32 ↓ -45%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $13.45 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $13.45 ↓ -44%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $13.59 ↓ -44%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $14.11 ↓ -42%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $14.11 ↓ -42%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $14.51 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $14.85 ↓ -39%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $14.85 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $15.18 ↓ -37%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $16.28 ↓ -33%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $17.06 ↓ -29%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $17.81 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $18.63 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $19.26 ↓ -20%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $19.79 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.79 ↓ -18%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $19.79 ↓ -18%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $19.79 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $20.31 ↓ -16%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.76 ↓ -10%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $24.15 ↑ +0%
United Commercial|HMO $24.42 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|Charter $24.42 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|PPO $24.42 ↑ +1%
United Commercial|Exchange $24.42 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $24.97 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $25.06 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $31.39 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $32.43 ↑ +34%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $34.57 ↑ +43%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $34.57 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $34.64 ↑ +43%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $37.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $37.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $37.95 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $40.71 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $41.40 ↑ +71%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $42.87 ↑ +78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $43.00 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $44.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $44.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $44.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $46.92 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $47.36 ↑ +96%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $48.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $48.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $48.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $51.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $57.01 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $57.77 ↑ +139%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $58.65 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $67.66 ↑ +180%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $69.00 ↑ +186%

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