Unlisted ultrasound procedure 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

$113.05

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.

$323.00

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.

$25.84 with TCHP vs $592.00 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 $25.84 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $25.84 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $34.63 ↓ -69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $61.08 ↓ -46%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $63.50 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $80.90 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $80.90 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $82.52 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $86.58 ↓ -23%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $87.21 ↓ -23%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↓ -22%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -22%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -22%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $88.19 ↓ -22%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $88.19 ↓ -22%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $88.31 ↓ -22%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $88.31 ↓ -22%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $89.07 ↓ -21%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -20%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -20%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -20%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $90.91 ↓ -20%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $93.03 ↓ -18%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -17%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -17%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $97.01 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $108.41 ↓ -4%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $110.83 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $112.53 ↓ -0%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $113.05 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.52 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $116.87 ↑ +3%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $119.06 ↑ +5%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $124.59 ↑ +10%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $132.28 ↑ +17%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↑ +17%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↑ +17%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↑ +17%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $135.81 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Optum $151.81 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $177.65 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $177.65 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $177.65 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $190.57 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $193.80 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $204.31 ↑ +81%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $209.95 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $209.95 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $209.95 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $219.64 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $226.10 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $226.10 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $226.10 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $239.43 ↑ +112%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $242.25 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $242.66 ↑ +115%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $252.41 ↑ +123%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $252.41 ↑ +123%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $266.87 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $267.25 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.96 ↑ +138%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $274.55 ↑ +143%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $286.62 ↑ +154%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $323.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $327.92 ↑ +190%
United Commercial|Exchange $362.00 ↑ +220%
United Commercial|Charter $533.00 ↑ +371%
United Commercial|HMO $592.00 ↑ +424%
United Commercial|PPO $592.00 ↑ +424%

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