Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic 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

$25,088.70

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.

$71,682.00

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.

$0.27 with OPTUM vs $195.00 with PHCS Savility — 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 $0.27 ↓ -100%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $0.35 ↓ -100%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $0.36 ↓ -100%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $0.41 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Optum $0.47 ↓ -100%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $0.54 ↓ -100%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $0.54 ↓ -100%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $0.54 ↓ -100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $0.59 ↓ -100%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $0.59 ↓ -100%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $0.59 ↓ -100%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $0.64 ↓ -100%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $0.64 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $0.64 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $0.69 ↓ -100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $0.69 ↓ -100%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $0.71 ↓ -100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $0.74 ↓ -100%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $0.81 ↓ -100%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $0.84 ↓ -100%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $0.98 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $0.98 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $0.98 ↓ -100%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $0.98 ↓ -100%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $0.98 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $63.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $66.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Exchange $72.00 ↓ -100%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $75.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $78.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $81.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|Charter $84.00 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $87.00 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $87.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $90.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|HMO $93.00 ↓ -100%
United Commercial|PPO $93.00 ↓ -100%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $111.00 ↓ -100%
Humana Commercial|PPO $126.00 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial|HMO $126.00 ↓ -99%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $195.00 ↓ -99%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $195.00 ↓ -99%

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Implant cartilage 10mm synthetic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $6,967.80 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $5,895.81 $165.60 – $591.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $25,088.70 $0.27 – $195.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $2,850.40 $42.05 – $297.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $4,604.04 $372.18 – $2,233.04
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $25,088.70 $0.27 – $195.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $2,850.40 $66.00 – $280.50
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $25,088.70 $0.27 – $195.00

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