Urine pregnancy test 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

$143.50

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.

$410.00

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.

$6.20 with Renaissance vs $410.00 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 $6.20 ↓ -96%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.23 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.23 ↓ -95%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.23 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.23 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $7.23 ↓ -95%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $7.37 ↓ -95%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.37 ↓ -95%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $7.59 ↓ -95%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $8.31 ↓ -94%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -94%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -94%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8.61 ↓ -94%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $8.61 ↓ -94%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $8.61 ↓ -94%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $8.61 ↓ -94%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $8.70 ↓ -94%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $8.78 ↓ -94%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $8.78 ↓ -94%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $8.87 ↓ -94%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $9.21 ↓ -94%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $9.21 ↓ -94%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -93%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $9.69 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9.69 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $9.91 ↓ -93%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $11.13 ↓ -92%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $11.62 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $12.57 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $12.91 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $12.91 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $12.91 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12.91 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|PPO $12.92 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|HMO $12.92 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.92 ↓ -91%
United Commercial|Charter $12.92 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $13.26 ↓ -91%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $14.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $16.36 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $20.65 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $22.56 ↓ -84%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $22.56 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $22.78 ↓ -84%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $27.98 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $28.07 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $31.16 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $37.71 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $44.17 ↓ -69%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $110.70 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $143.50 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $148.34 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $192.70 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $225.50 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $225.50 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $225.50 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $241.90 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $246.00 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $266.50 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $266.50 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $266.50 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $278.80 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $287.00 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $287.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $287.00 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $307.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $338.75 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $348.50 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $410.00 ↑ +186%

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