Herpes simplex virus isolation 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

$141.75

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.

$405.00

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.

$24.38 with Renaissance vs $405.00 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 $24.38 ↓ -83%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $28.44 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $28.44 ↓ -80%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.44 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.44 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $28.44 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.01 ↓ -80%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $29.01 ↓ -80%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $29.01 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $29.86 ↓ -79%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.71 ↓ -77%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $33.86 ↓ -76%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -76%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $33.86 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $33.86 ↓ -76%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $33.86 ↓ -76%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $34.20 ↓ -76%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $34.54 ↓ -76%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $34.54 ↓ -76%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $34.88 ↓ -75%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $36.23 ↓ -74%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $36.23 ↓ -74%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $37.25 ↓ -74%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $38.11 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $38.11 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $38.96 ↓ -73%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $41.81 ↓ -71%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $43.80 ↓ -69%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $45.71 ↓ -68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $49.44 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $50.79 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $50.79 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $50.79 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $50.79 ↓ -64%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $52.14 ↓ -63%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $55.87 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|PPO $62.72 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|HMO $62.72 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Charter $62.72 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|Exchange $62.72 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $64.33 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $80.97 ↓ -43%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $88.73 ↓ -37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $88.73 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $89.34 ↓ -37%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $109.35 ↓ -23%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $110.05 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $110.38 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $122.14 ↓ -14%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $141.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $146.53 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $148.31 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $173.70 ↑ +23%
United Commercial|Optum $190.35 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $222.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $222.75 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $222.75 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $243.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $263.25 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $263.25 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $263.25 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $275.40 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $283.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $283.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $283.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $303.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $334.62 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $344.25 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $405.00 ↑ +186%

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