Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 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

$186.20

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.

$532.00

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.

$121.09 with BCBS-TX vs $2,749.00 with United — 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 $121.09 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↓ -25%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.08 ↓ -23%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $143.08 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.08 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $143.08 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $143.08 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $143.64 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $145.94 ↓ -22%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $145.94 ↓ -22%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $145.94 ↓ -22%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $150.23 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↓ -17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $154.99 ↓ -17%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $164.54 ↓ -12%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $186.20 ↑ +0%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $191.73 ↑ +3%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $191.73 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $192.48 ↑ +3%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $196.02 ↑ +5%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $220.34 ↑ +18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $234.10 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Optum $250.04 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $277.69 ↑ +49%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $288.13 ↑ +55%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $292.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $292.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $292.60 ↑ +57%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $305.58 ↑ +64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $309.98 ↑ +66%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $319.20 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $319.20 ↑ +71%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $345.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $345.80 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $345.80 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $345.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $345.80 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $361.76 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $372.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $372.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $372.40 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $399.00 ↑ +114%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +115%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $400.18 ↑ +115%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↑ +115%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +115%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↑ +115%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↑ +117%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $404.32 ↑ +117%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +119%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +119%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +121%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +130%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +130%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $439.54 ↑ +136%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $440.20 ↑ +136%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $446.41 ↑ +140%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $446.41 ↑ +140%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $452.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $532.00 ↑ +186%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $540.24 ↑ +190%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↑ +210%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +222%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $600.27 ↑ +222%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +222%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↑ +222%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $616.28 ↑ +231%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +333%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +406%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +422%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,300.59 ↑ +598%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +800%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +1205%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +1205%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +1229%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +1376%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +1376%

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