Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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

$34.75

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$99.26

Gross charge

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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.

$11.97 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $54.38 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
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $11.97 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Exchange $14.14 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $14.14 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $14.14 ↓ -59%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $14.69 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $17.41 ↓ -50%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $17.95 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|Charter $18.49 ↓ -47%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $19.04 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $19.58 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $19.58 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $19.58 ↓ -44%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $19.68 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|PPO $20.67 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|HMO $20.67 ↓ -41%
United Commercial|Optum $25.56 ↓ -26%
Humana Commercial|HMO $26.11 ↓ -25%
Humana Commercial|PPO $26.11 ↓ -25%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $26.65 ↓ -23%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $29.91 ↓ -14%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $29.91 ↓ -14%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $29.91 ↓ -14%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $32.63 ↓ -6%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $32.63 ↓ -6%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $35.35 ↑ +2%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $35.35 ↑ +2%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $35.35 ↑ +2%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $38.07 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $38.07 ↑ +10%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $38.07 ↑ +10%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $38.07 ↑ +10%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $38.07 ↑ +10%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $39.16 ↑ +13%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $40.79 ↑ +17%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $44.93 ↑ +29%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $46.23 ↑ +33%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $54.38 ↑ +56%

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Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $0.01 – $0.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $175.50 $0.08 – $0.08
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $34.75 $11.97 – $54.38
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $33.85 $9.29 – $37.13
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $179.87 $0.01 – $0.04
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $34.75 $11.97 – $54.38
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $34.75 $11.97 – $54.38
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $34.75 $11.97 – $54.38

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