Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$1,036.35

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.

$2,961.00

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.

$42.62 with BCBS-TX vs $3,334.00 with United — 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $42.62 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $44.66 ↓ -96%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $95.75 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $103.04 ↓ -90%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $123.24 ↓ -88%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -87%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $132.99 ↓ -87%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $132.99 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $132.99 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $133.11 ↓ -87%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $134.32 ↓ -87%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $135.65 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $135.65 ↓ -87%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $136.98 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $142.30 ↓ -86%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $142.30 ↓ -86%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $146.29 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $147.99 ↓ -86%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $179.54 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $199.49 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $199.49 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $199.49 ↓ -81%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $199.49 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $204.80 ↓ -80%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $212.19 ↓ -80%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $432.22 ↓ -58%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $799.47 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $829.08 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $917.91 ↓ -11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,036.35 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,071.29 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,214.01 ↑ +17%
United Commercial|Optum $1,391.67 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,628.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,628.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,628.55 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,746.99 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,776.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,924.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,924.65 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,924.65 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $2,013.48 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,033.00 ↑ +96%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $2,072.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $2,072.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $2,072.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,220.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,446.38 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,516.85 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,961.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $3,001.00 ↑ +190%
United Commercial|PPO $3,334.00 ↑ +222%
United Commercial|HMO $3,334.00 ↑ +222%

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