Brain MRI (without contrast) at St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital

2255 E Mossy Oaks Rd, Spring, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942208616

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,647.80

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.

$4,708.00

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.

$174.32 with Renaissance vs $4,708.00 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 $174.32 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $202.15 ↓ -88%
Montgomery Hospital District Commercial|All Plans $202.15 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $204.15 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $204.15 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $206.19 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $208.23 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $208.23 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $212.26 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $234.77 ↓ -86%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $242.11 ↓ -85%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $242.11 ↓ -85%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $242.11 ↓ -85%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $242.11 ↓ -85%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $244.53 ↓ -85%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $246.95 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $246.95 ↓ -85%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $249.37 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $259.06 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $259.06 ↓ -84%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $266.32 ↓ -84%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $273.56 ↓ -83%
UHC Medicaid|STAR $279.69 ↓ -83%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $314.39 ↓ -81%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $326.85 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $340.24 ↓ -79%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $363.17 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $363.17 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $363.17 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $363.17 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $372.85 ↓ -77%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $384.80 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $396.17 ↓ -76%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $470.80 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $470.80 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $630.88 ↓ -62%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $636.95 ↓ -61%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $636.95 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $722.42 ↓ -56%
NXHealth Commercial|All Plans $786.86 ↓ -52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $901.86 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,013.72 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $1,015.00 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $1,023.00 ↓ -38%
Humana Commercial|PPO $1,050.00 ↓ -36%
Humana Commercial|HMO $1,050.00 ↓ -36%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $1,100.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $1,119.00 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $1,145.00 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $1,271.16 ↓ -23%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $1,398.60 ↓ -15%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,535.00 ↓ -7%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $1,647.80 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,703.36 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $2,212.76 ↑ +34%
United Commercial|Charter $2,266.00 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|HMO $2,518.00 ↑ +53%
United Commercial|PPO $2,518.00 ↑ +53%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $2,589.40 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $2,589.40 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $2,589.40 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $2,777.72 ↑ +69%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $2,812.00 ↑ +71%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $2,824.80 ↑ +71%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,060.20 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $3,060.20 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $3,060.20 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $3,201.44 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $3,295.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $3,295.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $3,295.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $3,531.00 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,889.75 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $4,001.80 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $4,708.00 ↑ +186%

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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,391.63 $1,085.97 – $1,085.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,189.86 $202.15 – $2,737.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,260.29 $314.76 – $3,390.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,556.77 $202.15 – $3,195.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,189.86 $202.15 – $2,737.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,260.29 $216.30 – $3,390.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,260.29 $202.15 – $3,390.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,556.77 $202.15 – $3,835.15

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