Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site 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

$848.75

Cash price

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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.

$2,425.00

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.

$78.37 with Cigna vs $2,659.22 with NXHealth — 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
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $78.37 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $86.48 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $118.25 ↓ -86%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $589.12 ↓ -31%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $654.75 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|PPO $811.44 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|HMO $811.44 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Charter $811.44 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|Exchange $811.44 ↓ -4%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $818.22 ↓ -4%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $818.22 ↓ -4%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $818.22 ↓ -4%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $818.22 ↓ -4%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $818.22 ↓ -4%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $818.22 ↓ -4%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $826.40 ↓ -3%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $834.58 ↓ -2%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $834.58 ↓ -2%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $842.77 ↓ -1%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $848.75 ↑ +0%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $875.50 ↑ +3%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $875.50 ↑ +3%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $877.37 ↑ +3%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $900.04 ↑ +6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $917.17 ↑ +8%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,095.91 ↑ +29%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,104.60 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|Optum $1,139.75 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $1,193.58 ↑ +41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,227.33 ↑ +45%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,227.33 ↑ +45%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,227.33 ↑ +45%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,227.33 ↑ +45%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,260.06 ↑ +48%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,333.75 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,333.75 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,333.75 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,430.75 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,455.00 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,576.25 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,576.25 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,576.25 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,649.00 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,697.50 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,697.50 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,697.50 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,818.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,003.54 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,047.93 ↑ +141%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,061.25 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,425.00 ↑ +186%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,425.00 ↑ +186%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,425.00 ↑ +186%
NXHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,659.22 ↑ +213%

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