Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min 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

$34.30

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.

$98.00

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.

$26.46 with OPTUM vs $117.00 with United — 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 $26.46 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $34.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $35.46 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $46.06 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $53.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $53.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $53.90 ↑ +57%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $58.80 ↑ +71%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $63.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $63.70 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $63.70 ↑ +86%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $68.60 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $68.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $68.60 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|Exchange $72.00 ↑ +110%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $73.50 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $80.97 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $83.30 ↑ +143%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $98.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $98.00 ↑ +186%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $98.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $98.00 ↑ +186%
United Commercial|Charter $107.00 ↑ +212%
United Commercial|HMO $117.00 ↑ +241%
United Commercial|PPO $117.00 ↑ +241%

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Caregiver training strategies&tq ea addl 15 min at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $25.62 – $56.20
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $99.19 $28.10 – $157.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $99.19 $20.42 – $157.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $104.15 $20.83 – $157.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $99.19 $26.45 – $157.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $99.19 $31.84 – $157.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $99.19 $51.25 – $253.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $104.15 $34.72 – $157.00

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