Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 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

$2,005.85

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,731.00

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.

$143.08 with Wellpoint vs $7,221.00 with Cigna — 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $143.08 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $143.08 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $143.08 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.08 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.08 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $145.94 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $145.94 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $145.94 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $150.23 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $164.54 ↓ -92%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $191.73 ↓ -90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $191.73 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $196.02 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $220.34 ↓ -89%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $239.63 ↓ -88%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $288.13 ↓ -86%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $305.58 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $306.73 ↓ -85%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $400.18 ↓ -80%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $400.18 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↓ -80%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $400.18 ↓ -80%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $404.18 ↓ -80%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↓ -80%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↓ -80%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↓ -79%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↓ -79%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↓ -79%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $440.20 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $446.41 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $446.41 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $463.29 ↓ -77%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $540.24 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $549.56 ↓ -73%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.01 ↓ -71%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $600.27 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $600.27 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $613.46 ↓ -69%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $616.28 ↓ -69%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,076.00 ↓ -46%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,285.00 ↓ -36%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,298.00 ↓ -35%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,300.59 ↓ -35%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,361.70 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,547.37 ↓ -23%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,675.00 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↓ -16%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,782.00 ↓ -11%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,782.00 ↓ -11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $2,005.85 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,073.48 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $2,609.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $2,693.57 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +37%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +37%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,875.00 ↑ +43%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,152.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,152.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,152.05 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,438.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,725.15 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,725.15 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,725.15 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,897.08 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $4,011.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $4,011.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $4,011.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,298.25 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $4,355.56 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,734.96 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,871.35 ↑ +143%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $5,185.00 ↑ +158%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,185.00 ↑ +158%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $5,731.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $7,221.00 ↑ +260%

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 at other Texas hospitals

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,253.74 $399.39 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $901.84 $143.08 – $1,127.30
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $880.79 $71.00 – $1,100.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $901.84 $143.08 – $1,127.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,021.55 $85.00 – $1,532.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,021.55 $143.08 – $1,532.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $880.79 $71.00 – $1,321.18

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