Xm archive tissue molec anal 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

$13.30

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.

$38.00

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.

$10.26 with OPTUM vs $79.72 with NX Health — 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
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $10.26 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $13.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $13.75 ↑ +3%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17.18 ↑ +29%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $17.66 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $17.86 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $20.90 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $20.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $20.90 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $22.42 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $22.80 ↑ +71%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↑ +84%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $24.53 ↑ +84%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $24.53 ↑ +84%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $24.53 ↑ +84%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $24.53 ↑ +84%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $24.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $24.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $24.70 ↑ +86%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $24.78 ↑ +86%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↑ +88%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $25.02 ↑ +88%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $25.27 ↑ +90%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $25.84 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|PPO $26.21 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.21 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|HMO $26.21 ↑ +97%
United Commercial|Charter $26.21 ↑ +97%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↑ +97%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $26.25 ↑ +97%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $26.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $26.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $26.60 ↑ +100%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $26.98 ↑ +103%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $28.50 ↑ +114%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $29.23 ↑ +120%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $31.40 ↑ +136%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $32.26 ↑ +143%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $32.30 ↑ +143%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $33.12 ↑ +149%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $33.57 ↑ +152%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↑ +177%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $36.80 ↑ +177%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $36.80 ↑ +177%
Community Health Choice Commercial|All Other Plans $36.80 ↑ +177%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $37.78 ↑ +184%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $38.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $38.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $38.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $38.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $38.00 ↑ +186%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $41.32 ↑ +211%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $44.10 ↑ +232%
NX Health Commercial|PPO $79.72 ↑ +499%

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