Red cell mass multiple 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

$345.10

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.

$986.00

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.

$76.85 with Wellpoint vs $2,827.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $76.85 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $76.85 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $76.85 ↓ -78%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $78.39 ↓ -77%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $78.39 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $78.39 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $78.88 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $78.88 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $80.69 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $88.38 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $93.50 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $96.81 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $102.98 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $105.28 ↓ -69%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $105.70 ↓ -69%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $118.35 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $169.75 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $198.93 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $223.46 ↓ -35%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $239.77 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $239.77 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $266.22 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $315.52 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $345.10 ↑ +0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $345.10 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $356.74 ↑ +3%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $388.18 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $404.26 ↑ +17%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $445.47 ↑ +29%
United Commercial|Optum $463.42 ↑ +34%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $539.14 ↑ +56%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $539.14 ↑ +56%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↑ +56%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $539.14 ↑ +56%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↑ +56%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $542.30 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $542.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $542.30 ↑ +57%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $544.53 ↑ +58%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↑ +59%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↑ +59%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↑ +61%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↑ +67%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↑ +67%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $581.74 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $591.60 ↑ +71%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $593.05 ↑ +72%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $640.90 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $640.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $640.90 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $670.48 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $690.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $690.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $690.20 ↑ +100%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $727.84 ↑ +111%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $739.50 ↑ +114%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $808.71 ↑ +134%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $808.71 ↑ +134%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↑ +134%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↑ +134%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $814.64 ↑ +136%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $818.35 ↑ +137%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $830.28 ↑ +141%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $838.10 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $986.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,723.00 ↑ +399%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,752.20 ↑ +408%
United Commercial|Charter $2,544.00 ↑ +637%
United Commercial|HMO $2,827.00 ↑ +719%
United Commercial|PPO $2,827.00 ↑ +719%

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