Lung perfusion imaging 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

$724.15

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.

$2,069.00

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.

$165.52 with TCHP vs $2,827.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $165.52 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $165.52 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $221.20 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $221.20 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $221.20 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $221.80 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $225.62 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $225.62 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $225.62 ↓ -69%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $232.26 ↓ -68%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $254.38 ↓ -65%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $289.79 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $296.26 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $296.41 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $303.04 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $306.76 ↓ -58%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $340.65 ↓ -53%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $343.57 ↓ -53%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $402.48 ↓ -44%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -44%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $402.48 ↓ -44%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $402.48 ↓ -44%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $406.50 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -43%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -43%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -43%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -41%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -41%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $442.73 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $537.88 ↓ -26%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $543.35 ↓ -25%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $558.63 ↓ -23%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↓ -17%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $603.72 ↓ -17%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $603.72 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $619.82 ↓ -14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $630.33 ↓ -13%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $630.40 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $662.08 ↓ -9%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $690.14 ↓ -5%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $690.14 ↓ -5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $708.07 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $724.15 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $724.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $748.57 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $848.29 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $972.43 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,137.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,137.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,137.95 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,220.71 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,241.40 ↑ +71%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,308.06 ↑ +81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,344.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,344.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,344.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,406.92 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,448.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,448.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,448.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,551.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,709.41 ↑ +136%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +138%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,758.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,069.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +251%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +290%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +290%

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