Hc nm kidney imaging with flow 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

$1,577.80

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.

$4,508.00

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.

$211.18 with Wellpoint vs $4,508.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $211.18 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $211.18 ↓ -87%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $211.18 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $215.40 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $215.40 ↓ -86%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $215.40 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $221.74 ↓ -86%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $242.86 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $282.98 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $283.04 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $289.32 ↓ -82%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $289.79 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $293.08 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $325.22 ↓ -79%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $343.57 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $360.64 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $360.64 ↓ -77%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $402.48 ↓ -74%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $402.48 ↓ -74%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $402.48 ↓ -74%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $406.50 ↓ -74%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -74%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -74%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -74%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -73%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $442.73 ↓ -72%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $483.26 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $513.89 ↓ -67%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $543.35 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $602.22 ↓ -62%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $603.72 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -62%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $603.72 ↓ -62%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $619.82 ↓ -61%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $658.88 ↓ -58%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $658.88 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $676.49 ↓ -57%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,217.16 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,308.06 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,442.56 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,577.80 ↑ +0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,577.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,631.00 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,848.28 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $2,118.76 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,479.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,479.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,479.40 ↑ +57%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +61%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,659.72 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,704.80 ↑ +71%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +79%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +79%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $2,930.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $2,930.20 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,930.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,065.44 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,155.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,155.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,155.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,381.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,724.51 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $3,831.80 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,508.00 ↑ +186%

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