Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose 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

$119.00

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.

$340.00

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.

$88.40 with United vs $340.00 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
United Commercial|Exchange $88.40 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $91.80 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $105.81 ↓ -11%
United Commercial|Charter $115.60 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $119.00 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $119.40 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $123.02 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $129.20 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $129.20 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Optum $159.80 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $187.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $187.00 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $187.00 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $204.00 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $205.79 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $221.00 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $221.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $221.00 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $238.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $238.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $238.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $255.00 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $258.21 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $280.91 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $315.48 ↑ +165%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $340.00 ↑ +186%

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Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $531.44 $190.26 – $1,139.09
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $165.20 $100.00 – $354.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $119.00 $87.36 – $340.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $97.30 $70.84 – $500.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $59.25 $100.00 – $315.90
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $457.01 $190.26 – $1,139.09
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $119.00 $88.40 – $340.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $97.30 $111.20 – $472.60

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