MRI fetal ea addl gestation 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

$576.10

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.

$1,646.00

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.

$131.68 with TCHP vs $2,812.00 with Cigna — 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 $131.68 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $131.68 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $176.46 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $204.49 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $207.83 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $207.83 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $207.83 ↓ -64%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $208.58 ↓ -64%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $208.58 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $211.99 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $214.71 ↓ -63%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $239.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $242.00 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $278.49 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $284.73 ↓ -51%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $320.06 ↓ -44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $441.29 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $444.42 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $550.89 ↓ -4%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $576.10 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $595.53 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $619.22 ↑ +7%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $648.43 ↑ +13%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $648.43 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|Optum $773.62 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $905.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $905.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $905.30 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $971.14 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $987.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,015.00 ↑ +76%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,023.00 ↑ +78%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,050.00 ↑ +82%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,050.00 ↑ +82%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,069.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,069.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,069.90 ↑ +86%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,100.00 ↑ +91%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,119.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,119.28 ↑ +94%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,145.00 ↑ +99%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,152.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,152.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,152.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,234.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,359.93 ↑ +136%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,398.60 ↑ +143%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,399.10 ↑ +143%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,535.00 ↑ +166%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,646.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $2,266.00 ↑ +293%
United Commercial|PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +337%
United Commercial|HMO $2,518.00 ↑ +337%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,812.00 ↑ +388%

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