Glucose 1 hr post dose 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

$60.55

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.

$173.00

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.

$3.42 with Renaissance vs $173.00 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 $3.42 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.99 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $3.99 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $3.99 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.99 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $3.99 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.07 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.07 ↓ -93%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $4.07 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $4.19 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.59 ↓ -92%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $4.75 ↓ -92%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $4.75 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $4.75 ↓ -92%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $4.75 ↓ -92%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $4.80 ↓ -92%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $4.84 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $4.84 ↓ -92%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $4.89 ↓ -92%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.08 ↓ -92%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $5.08 ↓ -92%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $5.22 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $5.35 ↓ -91%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $5.35 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $5.47 ↓ -91%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5.86 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $6.14 ↓ -90%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $6.41 ↓ -89%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $6.94 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.13 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $7.13 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $7.13 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $7.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $7.32 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7.84 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Charter $8.79 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Exchange $8.79 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|PPO $8.79 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|HMO $8.79 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $9.03 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $11.58 ↓ -81%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.45 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.45 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $12.77 ↓ -79%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $15.44 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $15.49 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $17.45 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $20.81 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $24.37 ↓ -60%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $46.71 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $60.55 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $62.60 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $81.31 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $95.15 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $95.15 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $95.15 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $102.07 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $103.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $112.45 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $112.45 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $112.45 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $117.64 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $121.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $121.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $121.10 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $129.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $142.94 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $147.05 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $173.00 ↑ +186%

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