St Luke's Sugar Land
Sugar Land, TX
About St Luke's Sugar Land
St Luke's Sugar Land is located in Sugar Land, Texas, in the Houston metropolitan area. The hospital is part of the St Luke's Health system.
St Luke's Sugar Land publishes 45,651 price items in its machine-readable file, making it one of 33 hospitals reporting pricing data in the Houston metro area. The hospital provides pricing information for 17 procedures with 1,095 total payer rate entries. The pricing data shows a consistent cash discount pattern of approximately 65% off gross charges across most services. For example, an MRI of the lumbar spine has a gross charge of $10,082 with a cash price of $3,528.70, while a complete blood count costs $268 gross and $93.80 cash. Several major procedures including total knee replacement, screening colonoscopy, and cesarean delivery show $0 pricing in both gross and cash categories.
About This Data
St Luke's Sugar Land publishes this pricing data as required by the CMS Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR § 180). The hospital's machine-readable file is published in JSON format and includes gross charges, cash/self-pay discounts, and payer-specific negotiated rates.
We are not affiliated with St Luke's Sugar Land. This page presents publicly available pricing data published by the hospital in compliance with federal regulations.
File last updated: 2026-02-28. Accessed by us: 2026-04-13. We check for changes weekly.
If you believe any information is incorrect, please contact us. We'll review it against the source file within 5 business days.
Published Prices by Procedure
Echocardiogram
Compare across Houston →| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| Transthoracic Echocardiogram with Doppler (93306) | $2,651.25 |
Colonoscopy
Compare across Houston →| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| Screening Colonoscopy (45378) | N/A |
| Colonoscopy with Biopsy (45380) | N/A |
ER Visit
Compare across Houston →| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| ER Visit Level 3 (Moderate) (99283) | $962.15 |
| ER Visit Level 4 (High/Urgent) (99284) | $1,372 |
| ER Visit Level 5 (Critical) (99285) | $1,760.15 |
| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| MRI Brain Without Contrast (70551) | $1,647.8 |
| MRI Lumbar Spine Without Contrast (72148) | $3,528.7 |
Chest X-ray
Compare across Houston →| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| Chest X-ray, 2 Views (71046) | $572.25 |
CT Scan
Compare across Houston →| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| CT Abdomen and Pelvis without Contrast (74176) | $5,658.8 |
| CT Abdomen and Pelvis with Contrast (74177) | $6,736.45 |
Ultrasound
Compare across Houston →| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| Abdominal Ultrasound, Complete (76700) | $1,812.3 |
| Pelvic Ultrasound, Complete (76856) | $989.8 |
Lab Work
Compare across Houston →| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) (80053) | $472.85 |
| Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential (85025) | $93.8 |
C-Section
Compare across Houston →| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| Cesarean Delivery (59510) | N/A |
Knee Replacement
Compare across Houston →| Procedure | Cash Price |
|---|---|
| Total Knee Replacement (Arthroplasty) (27447) | N/A |
Pricing Patterns at St Luke's Sugar Land
St Luke's Sugar Land offers cash prices at approximately 35% of gross charges across most services, with cash prices of $1,647.80 for MRI Brain compared to the $4,708 gross charge and $572.25 for Chest X-ray versus $1,635 gross. Cash prices are consistently lower than the maximum insured rates for all services, and in many cases fall below the minimum insured rates, such as MRI Brain where the cash price of $1,647.80 is lower than some insured patients may pay up to $4,708.
St Luke's Sugar Land vs Houston Hospitals
How St Luke's Sugar Land's cash prices compare to the median across hospitals in the Houston area with published prices for each procedure.
| Procedure | St Luke's Sugar Land | vs Median |
|---|---|---|
| Echocardiogram 33 hospitals | $2,651.25 | near median |
| ER Visit 33 hospitals | $962.15 | near median |
| MRI 33 hospitals | $1,647.8 | near median |
| Chest X-ray 33 hospitals | $572.25 | near median |
| CT Scan 33 hospitals | $5,658.8 | near median |
| Ultrasound 33 hospitals | $989.8 | near median |
| Lab Work 33 hospitals | $93.8 | near median |
"Cash price" is each hospital's published self-pay/discounted rate. Median is calculated across Houston hospitals that publish a cash price for the same procedure. Multi-code procedures use each hospital's lowest valid price as its representative value.
Understanding the Columns
Gross Charge: The chargemaster price before any discounts. Rarely what patients pay. It is primarily a starting point for insurance negotiations.
Cash/Self-Pay: The discounted rate hospitals offer to uninsured patients. Ask about financial assistance programs for further reductions.
Insured Range: Lowest to highest negotiated rates across all payers. Medicare rates are typically lowest; commercial plan rates highest.
About Facility Fees
Prices shown are facility fees only. You'll also receive separate bills from the physician performing the procedure.
Imaging procedures include a facility fee plus a radiologist's reading fee. Surgical procedures add surgeon, anesthesia, and pathology fees.
For a more complete estimate, contact the hospital's financial counselling office or your insurer to request a pre-service cost estimate that includes all expected professional fees.
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St Luke's Sugar Land
File updated: 2026-02-28 · Accessed by us: 2026-04-13
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