Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a & b 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

$254.10

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.

$726.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $726.00 with BCBS-TX — 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
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -61%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $102.69 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $119.81 ↓ -53%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $122.21 ↓ -52%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $122.21 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $125.80 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $131.22 ↓ -48%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.22 ↓ -48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $131.22 ↓ -48%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $131.22 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $133.84 ↓ -47%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $142.63 ↓ -44%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -44%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $142.63 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $142.63 ↓ -44%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $142.63 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $144.06 ↓ -43%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $145.48 ↓ -43%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $145.48 ↓ -43%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $146.91 ↓ -42%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $150.90 ↓ -41%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $152.61 ↓ -40%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $152.61 ↓ -40%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $156.89 ↓ -38%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $175.83 ↓ -31%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $175.83 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $179.77 ↓ -29%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $192.55 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $196.02 ↓ -23%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $202.08 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $208.24 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Exchange $213.90 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|PPO $213.90 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|Charter $213.90 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|HMO $213.90 ↓ -16%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $213.94 ↓ -16%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $213.94 ↓ -16%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $213.94 ↓ -16%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $213.94 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $219.65 ↓ -14%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $235.34 ↓ -7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $254.10 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $262.67 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $271.00 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|Optum $341.22 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $399.30 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $399.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $399.30 ↑ +57%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $409.41 ↑ +61%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $409.41 ↑ +61%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $435.60 ↑ +71%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $463.55 ↑ +82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $464.97 ↑ +83%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $471.90 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $471.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $471.90 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $493.68 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $508.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $508.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $508.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $544.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $599.83 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $617.10 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $624.72 ↑ +146%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $726.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $726.00 ↑ +186%

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