MRA chest wwo IV cont 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

$1,943.20

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.

$5,552.00

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.

$257.55 with Renaissance vs $5,552.00 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 $257.55 ↓ -87%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -82%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $357.71 ↓ -82%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $357.71 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $357.71 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $357.71 ↓ -82%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $361.29 ↓ -81%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $364.86 ↓ -81%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $364.86 ↓ -81%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $368.44 ↓ -81%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -80%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $382.75 ↓ -80%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $393.48 ↓ -80%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $448.70 ↓ -77%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $482.91 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $536.57 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $536.57 ↓ -72%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $536.57 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $536.57 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $538.41 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $550.87 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $557.50 ↓ -71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $615.81 ↓ -68%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $950.00 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $977.54 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,015.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,023.00 ↓ -47%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,050.00 ↓ -46%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,050.00 ↓ -46%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,100.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,119.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,145.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,145.00 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,145.55 ↓ -41%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,162.56 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,286.83 ↓ -34%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,398.60 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,499.04 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,535.00 ↓ -21%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,943.20 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $2,008.72 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Charter $2,266.00 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|HMO $2,518.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $2,609.44 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,812.00 ↑ +45%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $3,053.60 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $3,053.60 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $3,053.60 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $3,331.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,608.80 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,608.80 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,608.80 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,886.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,886.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,886.40 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $4,164.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,587.07 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,719.20 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $5,552.00 ↑ +186%

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MRA chest wwo IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $10,418.18 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,654.38 $538.41 – $3,545.10
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,943.20 $458.22 – $5,552.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $790.50 $400.00 – $4,743.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $8,469.49 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,943.20 $538.41 – $5,552.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $11,685.36 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,943.20 $538.41 – $5,552.00

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