T3 (triiodothyronine) free 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

$40.95

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.

$117.00

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.

$12.20 with Renaissance vs $117.00 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 $12.20 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.23 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $14.23 ↓ -65%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.23 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.23 ↓ -65%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.23 ↓ -65%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.51 ↓ -65%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $14.51 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.51 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $14.94 ↓ -64%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.36 ↓ -60%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $16.94 ↓ -59%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $16.94 ↓ -59%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $16.94 ↓ -59%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $17.11 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.28 ↓ -58%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $17.28 ↓ -58%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $17.45 ↓ -57%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $18.13 ↓ -56%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18.13 ↓ -56%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $18.63 ↓ -55%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $19.07 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $19.07 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $19.50 ↓ -52%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $20.92 ↓ -49%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $21.91 ↓ -46%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $22.87 ↓ -44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $24.73 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $25.41 ↓ -38%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $25.41 ↓ -38%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $25.41 ↓ -38%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $25.41 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $26.09 ↓ -36%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $27.95 ↓ -32%
United Commercial|Exchange $31.38 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|PPO $31.38 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $31.38 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $31.38 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $31.59 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $32.19 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $40.48 ↓ -1%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $40.95 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $42.34 ↑ +3%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $44.40 ↑ +8%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $44.40 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $44.67 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Optum $54.99 ↑ +34%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $55.05 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $55.22 ↑ +35%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $61.07 ↑ +49%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $64.35 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $64.35 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $64.35 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $70.20 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $74.20 ↑ +81%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $76.05 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $76.05 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $76.05 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $79.56 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $81.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $81.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $81.90 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $86.90 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $87.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $96.67 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $99.45 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $117.00 ↑ +186%

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