Echo guide for amniocentesis 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

$272.30

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.

$778.00

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.

$18.80 with BCBS-TX vs $778.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $18.80 ↓ -93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $19.46 ↓ -93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $34.12 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $39.99 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $44.92 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $100.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $100.00 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $100.00 ↓ -63%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $210.06 ↓ -23%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $272.30 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $281.49 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $362.00 ↑ +33%
United Commercial|Optum $365.66 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $427.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $427.90 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $427.90 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $459.02 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $466.80 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $505.70 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $505.70 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $505.70 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $529.04 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Charter $533.00 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $544.60 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $544.60 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $544.60 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $583.50 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|HMO $592.00 ↑ +117%
United Commercial|PPO $592.00 ↑ +117%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $642.79 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $661.30 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $778.00 ↑ +186%

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Echo guide for amniocentesis at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $23.46 – $229.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $304.49 $26.66 – $431.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $377.11 $44.79 – $565.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $61.82 $12.36 – $77.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $304.49 $30.53 – $431.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $377.11 $54.52 – $565.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $377.11 $194.84 – $565.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $61.82 $20.61 – $92.73

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