Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization 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

$346.65

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.

$990.41

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.

$0.11 with United vs $427.68 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
United Commercial|Exchange $0.11 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Charter $0.17 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|PPO $0.17 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $0.17 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $0.18 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $0.19 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $0.19 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $0.32 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $0.36 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $0.61 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $0.77 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $0.94 ↓ -100%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $94.09 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $111.20 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $111.20 ↓ -68%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $115.48 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $136.86 ↓ -61%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $141.14 ↓ -59%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $149.69 ↓ -57%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $154.74 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|Optum $201.01 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial|HMO $205.29 ↓ -41%
Humana Commercial|PPO $205.29 ↓ -41%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $209.57 ↓ -40%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $235.23 ↓ -32%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $235.23 ↓ -32%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $235.23 ↓ -32%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $256.61 ↓ -26%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $256.61 ↓ -26%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $278.00 ↓ -20%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $278.00 ↓ -20%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $278.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $299.38 ↓ -14%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $299.38 ↓ -14%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $299.38 ↓ -14%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $299.38 ↓ -14%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $299.38 ↓ -14%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $307.93 ↓ -11%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $320.76 ↓ -7%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $353.35 ↑ +2%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $363.53 ↑ +5%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $427.68 ↑ +23%

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Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $120.16 $1.12 – $1.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,036.25 $0.05 – $1.66
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $875.81 $0.27 – $1.16
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $2,400.66 $0.05 – $1.66
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $346.65 $0.14 – $427.68
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $460.76 $0.08 – $67.31
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $346.65 $0.11 – $427.68
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $346.65 $0.11 – $427.68

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