Pq thr inj ext pse 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

$455.70

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.

$1,302.00

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.

$223.75 with Wellpoint vs $5,160.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $223.75 ↓ -51%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $223.75 ↓ -51%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $223.75 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $223.75 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $223.75 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $228.22 ↓ -50%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $228.22 ↓ -50%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $228.22 ↓ -50%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $234.94 ↓ -48%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $257.31 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $299.82 ↓ -34%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $299.82 ↓ -34%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $306.54 ↓ -33%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $344.57 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $351.54 ↓ -23%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $445.87 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $455.70 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $471.07 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $472.88 ↑ +4%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $602.28 ↑ +32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $605.29 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $611.94 ↑ +34%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $619.26 ↑ +36%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $619.26 ↑ +36%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $619.26 ↑ +36%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $619.26 ↑ +36%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $619.26 ↑ +36%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $625.45 ↑ +37%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $631.65 ↑ +39%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $631.65 ↑ +39%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $637.84 ↑ +40%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $662.61 ↑ +45%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $662.61 ↑ +45%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $681.19 ↑ +49%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $698.10 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $698.10 ↑ +53%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $716.10 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $716.10 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $716.10 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $781.20 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $781.20 ↑ +71%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +77%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $836.00 ↑ +83%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $846.30 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $846.30 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $846.30 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $846.30 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $846.30 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $885.36 ↑ +94%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $903.92 ↑ +98%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $911.40 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $911.40 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $911.40 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $914.24 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $928.89 ↑ +104%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $928.89 ↑ +104%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $928.89 ↑ +104%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $928.89 ↑ +104%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $942.30 ↑ +107%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $953.66 ↑ +109%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +113%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $976.50 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $989.52 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,075.72 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,084.48 ↑ +138%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,106.70 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,210.58 ↑ +166%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,302.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +268%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +309%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $2,012.60 ↑ +342%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +351%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +433%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +433%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +443%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +503%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +503%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +1032%

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