Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$203.35

Cash price

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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.

$581.00

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.

$100.00 with Cigna vs $1,604.00 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
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -51%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $146.68 ↓ -28%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $156.87 ↓ -23%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $183.25 ↓ -10%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $203.35 ↑ +0%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $203.72 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $203.72 ↑ +0%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↑ +0%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $203.72 ↑ +0%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $203.72 ↑ +0%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $205.76 ↑ +1%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $207.79 ↑ +2%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $207.79 ↑ +2%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $209.83 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $210.21 ↑ +3%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $217.98 ↑ +7%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $217.98 ↑ +7%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $224.09 ↑ +10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $268.58 ↑ +32%
United Commercial|Optum $273.07 ↑ +34%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $275.02 ↑ +35%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $305.58 ↑ +50%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $305.58 ↑ +50%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $305.58 ↑ +50%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $305.58 ↑ +50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $310.89 ↑ +53%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $313.73 ↑ +54%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $314.34 ↑ +55%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $319.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $319.55 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $319.55 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $348.60 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $377.65 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $377.65 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $377.65 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $390.00 ↑ +92%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $406.70 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $406.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $406.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $435.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $480.03 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $493.85 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $515.09 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $581.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $581.00 ↑ +186%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $662.09 ↑ +226%
United Commercial|Exchange $978.00 ↑ +381%
United Commercial|Charter $1,443.00 ↑ +610%
United Commercial|HMO $1,604.00 ↑ +689%
United Commercial|PPO $1,604.00 ↑ +689%

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $957.84 $708.25 – $708.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $203.49 $57.66 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.77 $49.97 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $325.31 $65.06 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $203.49 $54.26 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $242.77 $77.93 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $242.77 $125.43 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $325.31 $108.44 – $528.37

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