Lumbar diskogram s&i at St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital
1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659559573
$1,321.60
Cash price 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.
$3,776.00
Gross charge 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.
$111.26 with Wellpoint vs $6,356.77 with NX Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $111.26 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $111.26 | ↓ -92% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $111.60 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $113.49 | ↓ -91% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $113.83 | ↓ -91% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $113.83 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $117.18 | ↓ -91% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $127.95 | ↓ -90% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $140.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $149.09 | ↓ -89% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $152.43 | ↓ -88% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $171.34 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $209.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $228.60 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $230.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $230.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $251.77 | ↓ -81% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $302.08 | ↓ -77% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $302.08 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $308.91 | ↓ -77% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $347.13 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $347.13 | ↓ -74% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $404.79 | ↓ -69% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.52 | ↓ -23% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $1,321.60 | ↑ +0% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $1,366.16 | ↑ +3% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $1,408.27 | ↑ +7% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,583.44 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $1,774.72 | ↑ +34% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,955.93 | ↑ +48% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,955.93 | ↑ +48% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,955.93 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,955.93 | ↑ +48% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $1,955.93 | ↑ +48% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $1,975.49 | ↑ +49% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,995.05 | ↑ +51% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $1,995.05 | ↑ +51% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $2,014.61 | ↑ +52% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $2,076.80 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,076.80 | ↑ +57% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $2,076.80 | ↑ +57% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $2,092.85 | ↑ +58% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $2,092.85 | ↑ +58% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $2,151.52 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $2,227.84 | ↑ +69% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $2,265.60 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $2,424.28 | ↑ +83% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $2,454.40 | ↑ +86% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,454.40 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $2,454.40 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $2,510.25 | ↑ +90% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $2,567.68 | ↑ +94% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $2,640.51 | ↑ +100% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $2,643.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $2,643.20 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $2,643.20 | ↑ +100% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,832.00 | ↑ +114% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $2,933.89 | ↑ +122% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,933.89 | ↑ +122% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,933.89 | ↑ +122% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,933.89 | ↑ +122% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,936.41 | ↑ +122% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $3,012.13 | ↑ +128% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,119.74 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $3,209.60 | ↑ +143% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $3,776.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $3,776.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $3,776.00 | ↑ +186% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $3,776.00 | ↑ +186% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $6,356.77 | ↑ +381% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,350.69 | $1,101.35 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $7,022.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,350.69 | $119.41 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,350.69 | $111.60 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $8,427.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |