Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection 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

$259.16

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.

$740.44

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.

$1.30 with BCBS-TX vs $403.33 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $1.30 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3.17 ↓ -99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3.87 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $4.81 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|Charter $7.25 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|PPO $7.25 ↓ -97%
United Commercial|HMO $7.25 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $8.02 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $8.46 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $8.46 ↓ -97%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $88.74 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $104.87 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $104.87 ↓ -60%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $108.90 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $129.07 ↓ -50%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $133.10 ↓ -49%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $141.17 ↓ -46%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $145.93 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Optum $189.57 ↓ -27%
Humana Commercial|HMO $193.60 ↓ -25%
Humana Commercial|PPO $193.60 ↓ -25%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $197.64 ↓ -24%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $221.84 ↓ -14%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $221.84 ↓ -14%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $221.84 ↓ -14%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $242.00 ↓ -7%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $242.00 ↓ -7%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $262.17 ↑ +1%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $262.17 ↑ +1%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $262.17 ↑ +1%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $282.34 ↑ +9%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $282.34 ↑ +9%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $282.34 ↑ +9%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $282.34 ↑ +9%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $282.34 ↑ +9%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $290.40 ↑ +12%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $302.50 ↑ +17%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $333.24 ↑ +29%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $342.84 ↑ +32%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $403.33 ↑ +56%

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