Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous 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

$45.80

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.

$130.83

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.

$28.79 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $130.83 with BCBS-TX — 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $28.79 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $34.02 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Exchange $34.02 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $34.02 ↓ -26%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $35.33 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $41.87 ↓ -9%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $43.18 ↓ -6%
United Commercial|Charter $44.49 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $45.80 ↑ +0%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $47.10 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $47.10 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $47.10 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $47.34 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|PPO $49.72 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|HMO $49.72 ↑ +9%
United Commercial|Optum $61.50 ↑ +34%
Humana Commercial|HMO $62.80 ↑ +37%
Humana Commercial|PPO $62.80 ↑ +37%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $64.11 ↑ +40%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $71.96 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $71.96 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $71.96 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $78.50 ↑ +71%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $78.50 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $85.04 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $85.04 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $85.04 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $91.59 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $91.59 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $91.59 ↑ +100%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $91.59 ↑ +100%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $91.59 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $94.20 ↑ +106%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $98.13 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $108.10 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $111.21 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $130.83 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $130.83 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $130.83 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $130.83 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $130.83 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $130.83 ↑ +186%

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