Special radiation dosimetry 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

$112.00

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.

$320.00

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.

$28.41 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 $28.41 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $29.77 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $68.69 ↓ -39%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $86.40 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $88.74 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $89.60 ↓ -20%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $95.75 ↓ -15%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $98.66 ↓ -12%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $99.20 ↓ -11%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $112.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $115.78 ↑ +3%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $123.24 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $131.20 ↑ +17%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $132.99 ↑ +19%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $132.99 ↑ +19%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↑ +19%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $132.99 ↑ +19%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $132.99 ↑ +19%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $134.32 ↑ +20%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $135.65 ↑ +21%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $135.65 ↑ +21%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $136.98 ↑ +22%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $142.30 ↑ +27%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $142.30 ↑ +27%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $146.29 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Optum $150.40 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $176.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $176.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $176.00 ↑ +57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $179.54 ↑ +60%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $188.80 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $192.00 ↑ +71%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $199.49 ↑ +78%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $199.49 ↑ +78%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $199.49 ↑ +78%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $199.49 ↑ +78%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $204.80 ↑ +83%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $208.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $208.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $208.00 ↑ +86%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $212.19 ↑ +89%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $217.60 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $224.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $224.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $224.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $240.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $264.39 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $272.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $320.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $432.22 ↑ +286%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,033.00 ↑ +1715%
United Commercial|Charter $3,001.00 ↑ +2579%
United Commercial|PPO $3,334.00 ↑ +2877%
United Commercial|HMO $3,334.00 ↑ +2877%

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