Glucagon plasma - sendout 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

$47.25

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.

$135.00

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.

$10.29 with Renaissance vs $135.00 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 $10.29 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.00 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $12.00 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.00 ↓ -75%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.00 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.00 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.24 ↓ -74%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.24 ↓ -74%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $12.24 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -73%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.80 ↓ -71%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $14.29 ↓ -70%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $14.29 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.29 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $14.29 ↓ -70%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $14.29 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $14.43 ↓ -69%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $14.58 ↓ -69%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $14.58 ↓ -69%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $14.72 ↓ -69%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.29 ↓ -68%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $15.29 ↓ -68%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $15.72 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $16.08 ↓ -66%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $16.08 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $16.44 ↓ -65%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17.64 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $18.48 ↓ -61%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $19.29 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $20.86 ↓ -56%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $21.43 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $21.43 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $21.43 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $21.43 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $22.01 ↓ -53%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $23.58 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.46 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|PPO $26.46 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|HMO $26.46 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Charter $26.46 ↓ -44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $27.15 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $33.87 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $36.45 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $37.38 ↓ -21%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $37.44 ↓ -21%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $37.44 ↓ -21%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $46.44 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $46.59 ↓ -1%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $47.25 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $48.85 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $51.10 ↑ +8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $62.59 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $63.45 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $73.31 ↑ +55%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $74.25 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $74.25 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $74.25 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $79.65 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $81.00 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $87.75 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $87.75 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $87.75 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $91.80 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $94.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $94.50 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $94.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $101.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $111.54 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $114.75 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $135.00 ↑ +186%

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