Fracture assessment via dxa 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

$108.85

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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$311.00

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.

$24.88 with TCHP vs $311.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $24.88 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $24.88 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $33.08 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $33.08 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $33.34 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.74 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.75 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $34.42 ↓ -68%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $34.42 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $35.44 ↓ -67%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $38.04 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $44.33 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $45.32 ↓ -58%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $50.94 ↓ -53%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $61.08 ↓ -44%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $63.50 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $76.81 ↓ -29%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $83.97 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $84.60 ↓ -22%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $88.19 ↓ -19%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -19%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -19%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $88.19 ↓ -19%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↓ -19%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $89.07 ↓ -18%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -17%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -17%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -17%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -13%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -13%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $97.01 ↓ -11%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $103.21 ↓ -5%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $103.21 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $103.80 ↓ -5%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $108.85 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $112.52 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $112.53 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.52 ↑ +7%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $119.06 ↑ +9%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↑ +22%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↑ +22%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $132.28 ↑ +22%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↑ +22%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↑ +24%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $135.81 ↑ +25%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $146.17 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $171.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $171.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $171.05 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $183.49 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $186.60 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $202.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $202.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $202.15 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $204.31 ↑ +88%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↑ +92%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $211.48 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $217.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $217.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $217.70 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↑ +111%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $233.25 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $239.43 ↑ +120%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $256.95 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $264.35 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.96 ↑ +147%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $286.62 ↑ +163%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $311.00 ↑ +186%

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