Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral 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

$64.75

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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.

$185.00

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.

$14.80 with TCHP vs $243.00 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
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.80 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.80 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $19.84 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $35.57 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $36.84 ↓ -43%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $49.95 ↓ -23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $52.79 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $52.79 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $52.79 ↓ -18%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $53.85 ↓ -17%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $53.85 ↓ -17%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $53.85 ↓ -17%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $55.43 ↓ -14%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $60.71 ↓ -6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $64.59 ↓ -0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $64.75 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $66.94 ↑ +3%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $70.74 ↑ +9%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $72.32 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $73.79 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $75.69 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $81.27 ↑ +26%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $81.30 ↑ +26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $85.03 ↑ +31%
United Commercial|Optum $86.95 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $99.71 ↑ +54%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $101.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $101.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $101.75 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $109.15 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $111.00 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $120.25 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $120.25 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $120.25 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $125.80 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $129.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $129.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $129.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $138.75 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Exchange $148.00 ↑ +129%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $152.85 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $157.25 ↑ +143%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $164.70 ↑ +154%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $164.70 ↑ +154%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $185.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $219.00 ↑ +238%
United Commercial|HMO $243.00 ↑ +275%
United Commercial|PPO $243.00 ↑ +275%

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Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $318.28 $97.14 – $97.14
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $95.23 $50.46 – $134.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.47 $24.18 – $176.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $77.46 $46.97 – $96.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $95.23 $52.46 – $134.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $117.47 $56.13 – $176.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $117.47 $52.46 – $185.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $77.46 $46.97 – $116.19

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