Lymphocytotoxicity assay 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

$241.15

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.

$689.00

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.

$136.45 with Renaissance vs $689.00 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
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $136.45 ↓ -43%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $159.19 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $159.19 ↓ -34%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $159.19 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $159.19 ↓ -34%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $159.19 ↓ -34%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $162.37 ↓ -33%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $162.37 ↓ -33%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $162.37 ↓ -33%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $167.15 ↓ -31%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $183.07 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $186.03 ↓ -23%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $189.51 ↓ -21%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $189.51 ↓ -21%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $189.51 ↓ -21%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $189.51 ↓ -21%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $189.51 ↓ -21%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $189.51 ↓ -21%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $191.41 ↓ -21%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $193.30 ↓ -20%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $193.30 ↓ -20%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $195.20 ↓ -19%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $202.78 ↓ -16%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $202.78 ↓ -16%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $208.46 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $213.31 ↓ -12%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $213.31 ↓ -12%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $218.09 ↓ -10%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $241.15 ↑ +0%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $245.15 ↑ +2%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $249.29 ↑ +3%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $255.84 ↑ +6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $276.68 ↑ +15%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $284.26 ↑ +18%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $284.26 ↑ +18%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $284.26 ↑ +18%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $284.26 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|HMO $284.27 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Exchange $284.27 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|PPO $284.27 ↑ +18%
United Commercial|Charter $284.27 ↑ +18%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $291.85 ↑ +21%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $312.69 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $323.83 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $360.07 ↑ +49%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $378.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $378.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $378.95 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $413.40 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $447.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $447.85 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $447.85 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $452.72 ↑ +88%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $468.52 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $482.30 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $482.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $482.30 ↑ +100%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $496.67 ↑ +106%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $496.67 ↑ +106%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $499.56 ↑ +107%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $516.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $569.26 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $585.65 ↑ +143%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $615.91 ↑ +155%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $617.80 ↑ +156%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $683.00 ↑ +183%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $689.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $689.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $689.00 ↑ +186%

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