Lymph vessel x-ray trunk 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

$3,310.30

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.

$9,458.00

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.

$140.00 with United vs $10,245.95 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.

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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
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -96%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -94%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $313.39 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $313.39 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $313.39 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $319.66 ↓ -90%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $319.66 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $319.66 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $329.06 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $360.40 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $419.94 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $429.34 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $482.62 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $676.69 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $745.27 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $756.64 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $756.64 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $914.44 ↓ -72%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $966.46 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $977.78 ↓ -70%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $977.78 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,013.90 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,542.24 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1,596.93 ↓ -52%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $2,269.87 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $2,553.66 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,800.10 ↓ -15%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $3,152.60 ↓ -5%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -5%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -5%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $3,152.60 ↓ -5%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $3,152.60 ↓ -5%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $3,184.13 ↓ -4%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -3%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↓ -3%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,281.37 ↓ -1%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $3,310.30 ↑ +0%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↑ +2%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $3,421.91 ↑ +3%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $3,467.86 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,686.07 ↑ +11%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $4,256.01 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $4,445.26 ↑ +34%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $4,728.90 ↑ +43%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $4,728.90 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +43%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,787.23 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $4,855.00 ↑ +47%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $5,201.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $5,201.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $5,201.90 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $5,580.22 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $5,674.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $6,147.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $6,147.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,147.70 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $6,431.44 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $6,620.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $6,620.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $6,620.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $7,093.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $7,814.20 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $8,039.30 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $9,458.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $10,245.95 ↑ +210%

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