Phys blood bank serv xmatch 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

$43.40

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.

$124.00

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.

$17.66 with Renaissance vs $124.00 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 $17.66 ↓ -59%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $24.53 ↓ -43%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $24.53 ↓ -43%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -43%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↓ -43%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24.53 ↓ -43%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $24.78 ↓ -43%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↓ -42%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↓ -42%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↓ -42%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -40%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↓ -40%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $26.98 ↓ -38%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $31.27 ↓ -28%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $33.12 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $33.48 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $33.57 ↓ -23%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $36.80 ↓ -15%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↓ -15%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $36.80 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $37.78 ↓ -13%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $41.32 ↓ -5%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $43.40 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $43.68 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $44.87 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $47.70 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|PPO $47.70 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|HMO $47.70 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Charter $47.70 ↑ +10%
United Commercial|Optum $58.28 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $68.20 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $68.20 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $68.20 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $74.40 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $74.95 ↑ +73%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $75.14 ↑ +73%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $79.72 ↑ +84%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $80.60 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $80.60 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $80.60 ↑ +86%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $82.92 ↑ +91%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $84.32 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $86.80 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $86.80 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $86.80 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $93.00 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $100.70 ↑ +132%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $102.45 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $105.40 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $113.37 ↑ +161%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $117.94 ↑ +172%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $124.00 ↑ +186%

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