Inj, micafungin (par pharm) 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

$42.05

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.

$120.12

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.

$26.43 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $120.12 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $26.43 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|Exchange $31.24 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $31.24 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $31.24 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $32.44 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $38.44 ↓ -9%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $39.64 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Charter $40.85 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $42.05 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $43.25 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $43.25 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $43.25 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $43.46 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $45.65 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $45.65 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Optum $56.46 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|HMO $57.66 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial|PPO $57.66 ↑ +37%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $58.86 ↑ +40%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $66.07 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $66.07 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $66.07 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $72.08 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $72.08 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $78.08 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $78.08 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $78.08 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $84.09 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $84.09 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $84.09 ↑ +100%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $84.09 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $84.09 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $86.49 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $90.09 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $99.25 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $102.11 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $120.12 ↑ +186%

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Inj, micafungin (par pharm) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $252.43 $0.31 – $0.87
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $408.67 $0.31 – $0.87
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $337.52 $1.01 – $1.29
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $491.59 $0.22 – $0.87
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $511.16 $0.31 – $0.87
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $42.05 $26.43 – $120.12
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $42.05 $26.43 – $120.12
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $42.05 $26.43 – $120.12

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