Ultrasound joint complete left 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

$616.00

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.

$1,760.00

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.

$76.69 with Renaissance vs $1,760.00 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 $76.69 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $81.81 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $84.71 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $89.45 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $96.28 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $96.28 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $96.28 ↓ -84%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $98.21 ↓ -84%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $98.21 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $98.21 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $98.52 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $101.09 ↓ -84%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -83%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -83%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -82%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -82%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $110.72 ↓ -82%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $112.54 ↓ -82%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -81%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -81%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $117.16 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $120.89 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $129.02 ↓ -79%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $131.90 ↓ -79%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $140.80 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $140.80 ↓ -77%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↓ -77%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $148.27 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $148.53 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -74%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $174.06 ↓ -72%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $188.68 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $195.53 ↓ -68%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $300.39 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $300.39 ↓ -51%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $346.16 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Exchange $362.00 ↓ -41%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $475.20 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $533.00 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $592.00 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|PPO $592.00 ↓ -4%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $616.00 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $636.77 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $827.20 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $968.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $968.00 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $968.00 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,038.40 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,056.00 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,144.00 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,144.00 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,144.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,196.80 ↑ +94%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,232.00 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,232.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,232.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,320.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,454.12 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,496.00 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,760.00 ↑ +186%

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