Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial 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

$4,104.45

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.

$11,727.00

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.

$938.16 with TCHP vs $11,727.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $938.16 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $938.16 ↓ -77%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $1,051.88 ↓ -74%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $1,257.14 ↓ -69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,354.08 ↓ -67%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $1,460.95 ↓ -64%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $1,460.95 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,460.95 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $1,460.95 ↓ -64%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $1,460.95 ↓ -64%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $1,475.56 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,489.35 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $1,489.35 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,489.35 ↓ -64%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $1,490.17 ↓ -64%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,490.17 ↓ -64%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $1,504.78 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,519.14 ↓ -63%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,519.14 ↓ -63%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,519.14 ↓ -63%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,563.22 ↓ -62%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $1,563.22 ↓ -62%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $1,563.82 ↓ -62%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $1,607.05 ↓ -61%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,712.75 ↓ -58%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,972.28 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,995.73 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $2,008.39 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $2,040.41 ↓ -50%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,100.00 ↓ -49%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $2,191.43 ↓ -47%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $2,191.43 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,191.43 ↓ -47%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $2,191.43 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $2,249.86 ↓ -45%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $2,293.60 ↓ -44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $2,338.54 ↓ -43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,475.07 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $2,913.00 ↓ -29%
United Commercial|Charter $3,100.00 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $3,166.29 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $3,283.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $3,385.00 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|PPO $3,447.00 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|HMO $3,447.00 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $3,730.00 ↓ -9%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $4,104.45 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $4,242.83 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,264.39 ↑ +4%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,646.77 ↑ +13%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,646.77 ↑ +13%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $4,748.09 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5,323.61 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $5,511.69 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $5,983.90 ↑ +46%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $6,449.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $6,449.85 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $6,449.85 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $6,918.93 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $7,036.20 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $7,622.55 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $7,622.55 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,622.55 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $7,974.36 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $8,208.90 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $8,208.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $8,208.90 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $8,795.25 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $9,370.00 ↑ +128%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $9,688.85 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $9,967.95 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $11,727.00 ↑ +186%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,602.44 $1,364.64 – $8,403.66
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