Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms 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

$178.85

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.

$511.00

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.

$38.53 with Renaissance vs $511.00 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 $38.53 ↓ -78%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $53.52 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -70%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -70%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $53.52 ↓ -70%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $53.52 ↓ -70%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $53.52 ↓ -70%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $54.06 ↓ -70%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $54.59 ↓ -69%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $54.59 ↓ -69%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $55.13 ↓ -69%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $57.27 ↓ -68%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $57.27 ↓ -68%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $58.87 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|PPO $67.05 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Exchange $67.05 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|HMO $67.05 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Charter $67.05 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $72.23 ↓ -60%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $72.25 ↓ -60%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $80.28 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $80.28 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $80.28 ↓ -55%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $80.28 ↓ -55%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $82.42 ↓ -54%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $83.09 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $93.99 ↓ -47%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $137.97 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $161.27 ↓ -10%
NXHealth Commercial|All Plans $173.94 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $178.85 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $184.88 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $210.56 ↑ +18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $216.68 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $232.35 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $240.17 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $253.78 ↑ +42%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $281.05 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $281.05 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $281.05 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $301.49 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $306.60 ↑ +71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $317.66 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $332.15 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $332.15 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $332.15 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $347.48 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $357.70 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $357.70 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $357.70 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $383.25 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $422.19 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $434.35 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $511.00 ↑ +186%

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