Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital
1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1659559573
$1,212.40
Cash price 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.
$3,464.00
Gross charge 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.
$446.27 with Wellpoint vs $12,898.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $446.27 | ↓ -63% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $446.27 | ↓ -63% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $446.27 | ↓ -63% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $446.27 | ↓ -63% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|CHIP | $446.27 | ↓ -63% |
| UHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $455.20 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $455.20 | ↓ -62% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $455.20 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $468.58 | ↓ -61% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $513.21 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $598.00 | ↓ -51% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $598.00 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $611.39 | ↓ -50% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $687.26 | ↓ -43% |
| OPTUM | Medicare|All Plans | $935.28 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna-Kelsey Care | Commercial|HMO | $1,076.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Renaissance | Commercial|All Plans | $1,120.29 | ↓ -8% |
| TCHPCHIP | Medicaid|HMO | $1,212.40 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Exchange | $1,223.35 | ↑ +1% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STAR | $1,253.28 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $1,298.00 | ↑ +7% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,392.36 | ↑ +15% |
| UHC | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,392.36 | ↑ +15% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|HMO | $1,555.96 | ↑ +28% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|TRANSPLANT | $1,555.96 | ↑ +28% |
| SELECTCARE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,555.96 | ↑ +28% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,555.96 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,555.96 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange | $1,565.88 | ↑ +29% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $1,571.52 | ↑ +30% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,587.08 | ↑ +31% |
| UHC-SecureHorizons | Medicare|All Plans | $1,587.08 | ↑ +31% |
| Amerivantage | Medicare|All Plans | $1,602.64 | ↑ +32% |
| United | Commercial|Optum | $1,628.08 | ↑ +34% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,664.88 | ↑ +37% |
| DEVOTED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,664.88 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,676.00 | ↑ +38% |
| KINDRED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,711.56 | ↑ +41% |
| TEXASTRUECHOICE | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,905.20 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,905.20 | ↑ +57% |
| CHC | Medicaid|HMO | $1,905.20 | ↑ +57% |
| Cigna Lifesource | Commercial|Transplant | $2,078.40 | ↑ +71% |
| KelseyCare | Commercial|Exchange | $2,100.55 | ↑ +73% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,251.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana | Commercial|Transplant | $2,251.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Coventry | Commercial|PPO | $2,251.60 | ↑ +86% |
| Superior Health Plan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,333.94 | ↑ +93% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,333.94 | ↑ +93% |
| Community Health Choice | Commercial|Exchange | $2,333.94 | ↑ +93% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,333.94 | ↑ +93% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,351.61 | ↑ +94% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $2,355.52 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $2,365.14 | ↑ +95% |
| Aetna | Commercial|Exchange | $2,396.18 | ↑ +98% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Transplant | $2,424.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Interlink | Commercial|Transplant | $2,424.80 | ↑ +100% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|PPO | $2,424.80 | ↑ +100% |
| United | Commercial|Charter | $2,474.00 | ↑ +104% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,598.00 | ↑ +114% |
| United | Commercial|PPO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +127% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,749.00 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $2,805.54 | ↑ +131% |
| OPTUM | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,861.96 | ↑ +136% |
| USA Health Network | Commercial|All Plans | $2,944.40 | ↑ +143% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $3,131.77 | ↑ +158% |
| MHealth Network | Commercial|PPO | $3,464.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Surefit | $4,660.00 | ↑ +284% |
| NX Health | Commercial|PPO | $5,056.87 | ↑ +317% |
| Cigna | Commercial|HMO | $5,135.00 | ↑ +324% |
| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $12,898.00 | ↑ +964% |
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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,161.89 | $446.27 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,649.05 | $71.00 – $3,973.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,522.88 | $71.00 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,161.89 | $446.27 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,649.05 | $85.00 – $3,973.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,649.05 | $446.27 – $3,973.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,522.88 | $71.00 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,161.89 | $446.27 – $3,967.42 |