X-ray finger(s) >= 2 views (both sides) 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

$275.10

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.

$786.00

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.

$38.09 with Wellpoint vs $786.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $38.09 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $38.09 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $38.43 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $38.85 ↓ -86%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $39.20 ↓ -86%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $39.20 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $40.35 ↓ -85%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $43.80 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $51.04 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STAR $52.18 ↓ -81%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $58.66 ↓ -79%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $61.08 ↓ -78%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.88 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $62.88 ↓ -77%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $63.50 ↓ -77%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $84.26 ↓ -69%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $88.19 ↓ -68%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -68%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $88.19 ↓ -68%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $88.19 ↓ -68%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $89.07 ↓ -68%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -67%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -67%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -67%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -66%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $96.85 ↓ -65%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $97.01 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $106.67 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $112.53 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $116.52 ↓ -58%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $118.84 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $118.84 ↓ -57%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $119.06 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $130.87 ↓ -52%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $132.28 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -52%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $132.28 ↓ -52%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $132.28 ↓ -52%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $135.27 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $135.81 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $204.31 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -24%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $212.22 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $239.43 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.96 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $275.10 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $284.38 ↑ +3%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $286.62 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|Optum $369.42 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $432.30 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $432.30 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $432.30 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $463.74 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $471.60 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $510.90 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $510.90 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $510.90 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $534.48 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $550.20 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $550.20 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $550.20 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $589.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $649.40 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $668.10 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $786.00 ↑ +186%

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