Endovenous laser vein addon 36479 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

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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.

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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.

$807.00 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $10,216.00 with PHCS — 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $3,054.60
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $4,611.00
Humana Commercial|PPO $5,265.00
Humana Commercial|HMO $5,265.00
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $5,460.00
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $10,216.00
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $10,216.00
Cigna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
CHC Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO not published by hospital
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP not published by hospital
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Humana Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR not published by hospital
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS not published by hospital
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Aetna Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
Coventry Commercial|PPO not published by hospital
Interlink Commercial|Transplant not published by hospital
First Health Commercial|All Plans not published by hospital
United Commercial|Optum not published by hospital

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