Excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia 1.1 - 2.0 cm 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

$1,704.15

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.

$4,869.00

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.

$86.62 with BCBS-TX vs $5,274.30 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $86.62 ↓ -95%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $95.79 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $95.79 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $95.79 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $95.79 ↓ -94%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $95.79 ↓ -94%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $97.71 ↓ -94%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $97.71 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $97.71 ↓ -94%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $100.58 ↓ -94%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $110.16 ↓ -94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $110.87 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $128.36 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $128.36 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $131.23 ↓ -92%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $147.52 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $167.46 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $198.64 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $221.74 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $298.86 ↓ -82%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $298.86 ↓ -82%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↓ -53%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↓ -43%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,168.46 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,314.63 ↓ -23%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,325.38 ↓ -22%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,622.86 ↓ -5%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -5%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -5%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,622.86 ↓ -5%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,622.86 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,639.09 ↓ -4%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↓ -3%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,655.32 ↓ -3%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,671.55 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,704.15 ↑ +0%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +2%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,736.46 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,761.61 ↑ +3%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,785.15 ↑ +5%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +21%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $2,190.86 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $2,288.43 ↑ +34%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,352.97 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +43%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,434.29 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,434.29 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,499.20 ↑ +47%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,677.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,677.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,677.95 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +61%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +61%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,921.40 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $2,921.40 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,164.85 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,164.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,164.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,164.85 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $3,164.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,310.92 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,408.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,408.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,408.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,651.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $3,700.44 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,022.77 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,138.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,869.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +203%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $5,274.30 ↑ +209%

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