Hemoglobin plasma 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

$38.15

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.

$109.00

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.

$5.26 with Renaissance vs $109.00 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 $5.26 ↓ -86%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.14 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.14 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $6.14 ↓ -84%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.14 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.14 ↓ -84%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.26 ↓ -84%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $6.26 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.26 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $6.45 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.06 ↓ -81%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $7.31 ↓ -81%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7.31 ↓ -81%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $7.31 ↓ -81%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $7.31 ↓ -81%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $7.38 ↓ -81%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $7.46 ↓ -80%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $7.46 ↓ -80%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $7.53 ↓ -80%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $7.82 ↓ -80%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $7.82 ↓ -80%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $8.04 ↓ -79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $8.23 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $8.23 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $8.41 ↓ -78%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.03 ↓ -76%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $9.46 ↓ -75%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $9.87 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $10.67 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $10.96 ↓ -71%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $10.96 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $10.96 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $10.96 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $11.26 ↓ -70%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $12.06 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|PPO $13.55 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Exchange $13.55 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|HMO $13.55 ↓ -64%
United Commercial|Charter $13.55 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $13.89 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $17.35 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $19.15 ↓ -50%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.16 ↓ -50%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $19.16 ↓ -50%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $23.76 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $23.83 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $26.17 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $29.43 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $32.02 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $37.50 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $38.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $39.44 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $51.23 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $59.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $59.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $59.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $65.40 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $70.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $70.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $70.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $74.12 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $76.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $76.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $76.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $81.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $90.06 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $92.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $109.00 ↑ +186%

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