Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$726.60

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.

$2,076.00

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.

$26.26 with BCBS-TX vs $5,160.00 with Cigna — 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|Exchange $26.26 ↓ -96%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $30.73 ↓ -96%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $30.73 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $30.73 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $30.73 ↓ -96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $30.73 ↓ -96%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $31.34 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $31.34 ↓ -96%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $31.34 ↓ -96%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $32.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $33.61 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $35.34 ↓ -95%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $41.18 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $41.18 ↓ -94%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $42.10 ↓ -94%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $47.32 ↓ -93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $50.76 ↓ -93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $60.22 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $67.22 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $95.88 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $95.88 ↓ -87%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $315.28 ↓ -57%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $368.77 ↓ -49%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $437.89 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $437.89 ↓ -40%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $437.89 ↓ -40%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $437.89 ↓ -40%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $437.89 ↓ -40%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $442.27 ↓ -39%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $446.65 ↓ -39%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $446.65 ↓ -39%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $451.03 ↓ -38%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $468.54 ↓ -36%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $468.54 ↓ -36%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $481.68 ↓ -34%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $560.52 ↓ -23%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $591.15 ↓ -19%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $656.84 ↓ -10%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $656.84 ↓ -10%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $656.84 ↓ -10%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $656.84 ↓ -10%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $663.76 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $674.35 ↓ -7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $726.60 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $751.10 ↑ +3%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $807.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $972.00 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Optum $975.72 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,141.80 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,141.80 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,141.80 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,245.60 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $1,245.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,349.40 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,349.40 ↑ +86%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $1,349.40 ↑ +86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,349.40 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,349.40 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,411.68 ↑ +94%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $1,423.14 ↑ +96%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,453.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,453.20 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,453.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,557.00 ↑ +114%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,577.76 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +131%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,715.20 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,764.60 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,864.00 ↑ +157%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $2,054.00 ↑ +183%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,076.00 ↑ +186%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $2,404.80 ↑ +231%
Humana Commercial|HMO $2,430.00 ↑ +234%
Humana Commercial|PPO $2,430.00 ↑ +234%
United Commercial|Charter $2,474.00 ↑ +240%
United Commercial|PPO $2,749.00 ↑ +278%
United Commercial|HMO $2,749.00 ↑ +278%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $5,160.00 ↑ +610%

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