Insert drug delivery implant 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

$105.35

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.

$301.00

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.

$46.38 with Wellpoint vs $2,749.00 with United — 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 $46.38 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $46.38 ↓ -56%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $46.38 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $46.38 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $46.38 ↓ -56%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.31 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $47.31 ↓ -55%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $47.31 ↓ -55%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $48.70 ↓ -54%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $53.34 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $62.15 ↓ -41%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $62.15 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $63.54 ↓ -40%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $71.43 ↓ -32%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $81.27 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $81.77 ↓ -22%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $92.96 ↓ -12%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $103.28 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $104.67 ↓ -1%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $105.35 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $108.91 ↑ +3%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +23%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $129.11 ↑ +23%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↑ +23%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $129.11 ↑ +23%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $129.11 ↑ +23%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $130.40 ↑ +24%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↑ +25%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↑ +25%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +26%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +31%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $140.00 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $141.47 ↑ +34%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $142.02 ↑ +35%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $144.71 ↑ +37%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $144.71 ↑ +37%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $154.00 ↑ +46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $158.09 ↑ +50%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $165.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $165.55 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $165.55 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $174.30 ↑ +65%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $180.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $180.60 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $187.53 ↑ +78%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $188.56 ↑ +79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +84%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +84%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $193.67 ↑ +84%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $193.67 ↑ +84%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $195.65 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $195.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $195.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $195.65 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $195.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $198.83 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $204.68 ↑ +94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $209.34 ↑ +99%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $210.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $210.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $210.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $225.75 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $228.76 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $248.69 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $255.85 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $301.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $387.00 ↑ +267%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $419.61 ↑ +298%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +666%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +823%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +1491%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +2183%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +2207%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +2207%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +2248%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +2509%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +2509%

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