Fluoro polarize fetal lung 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

$77.00

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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.

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$220.00

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.

$13.62 with Renaissance vs $220.00 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 $13.62 ↓ -82%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $15.88 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $15.88 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $15.88 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.88 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.88 ↓ -79%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $16.20 ↓ -79%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $16.20 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.20 ↓ -79%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $16.67 ↓ -78%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.26 ↓ -76%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $18.91 ↓ -75%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $18.91 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $18.91 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $18.91 ↓ -75%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $18.91 ↓ -75%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $19.10 ↓ -75%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $19.29 ↓ -75%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $19.29 ↓ -75%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $19.48 ↓ -75%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $20.23 ↓ -74%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $20.23 ↓ -74%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $20.80 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $21.28 ↓ -72%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $21.28 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $21.76 ↓ -72%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $23.35 ↓ -70%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $24.46 ↓ -68%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $25.53 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $27.61 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $28.36 ↓ -63%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $28.36 ↓ -63%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $28.36 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $28.36 ↓ -63%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $29.12 ↓ -62%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $31.20 ↓ -59%
United Commercial|PPO $35.03 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Exchange $35.03 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|HMO $35.03 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Charter $35.03 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $35.93 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $45.45 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $49.55 ↓ -36%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $49.55 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $50.15 ↓ -35%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $59.40 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $61.46 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $61.65 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $68.55 ↓ -11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $77.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $79.60 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $82.83 ↑ +8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $97.01 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Optum $103.40 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $121.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $121.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $121.00 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $132.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $143.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $143.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $143.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $149.60 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $154.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $154.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $154.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $165.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $181.77 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $220.00 ↑ +186%

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