Face, Eye Socket and Neck MRI (with and without contrast) 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

$2,321.90

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.

$6,634.00

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.

$257.55 with Renaissance vs $6,634.00 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 $257.55 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $349.16 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $354.85 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $354.85 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $356.14 ↓ -85%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $356.14 ↓ -85%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $357.71 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -85%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $357.71 ↓ -85%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $357.71 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $361.29 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $361.95 ↓ -84%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $364.86 ↓ -84%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $364.86 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $366.62 ↓ -84%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $368.44 ↓ -84%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -84%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $393.48 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $408.08 ↓ -82%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $448.70 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $475.50 ↓ -80%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $482.91 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $486.14 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $530.72 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $530.72 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $536.57 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $536.57 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $536.57 ↓ -77%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $536.57 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $546.47 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $550.87 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $557.50 ↓ -76%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $615.81 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $649.15 ↓ -72%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $711.17 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,015.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,023.00 ↓ -56%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,050.00 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,050.00 ↓ -55%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,100.00 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,107.13 ↓ -52%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,107.13 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,119.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,145.00 ↓ -51%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,162.56 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,183.74 ↓ -49%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,398.60 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,477.76 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,535.00 ↓ -34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,661.05 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,791.18 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $2,266.00 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,321.90 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,400.19 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|HMO $2,518.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,812.00 ↑ +21%
United Commercial|Optum $3,117.98 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,648.70 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,648.70 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,648.70 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $3,914.06 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,980.40 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $4,312.10 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $4,312.10 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,312.10 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $4,511.12 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,643.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,643.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,643.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,975.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,481.02 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $5,638.90 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $6,634.00 ↑ +186%

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Face, Eye Socket and Neck MRI (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,977.00 $350.46 – $683.40
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,691.51 $332.94 – $4,614.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,345.40 $494.01 – $5,018.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,345.40 $332.94 – $4,181.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,691.51 $332.94 – $4,614.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,345.40 $332.94 – $5,018.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,345.40 $349.16 – $5,018.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,345.40 $332.94 – $5,018.09

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