Methylprednisolone acetate 40 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$34.47

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.

$98.46

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.

$12.83 with Aetna-Kelsey Care vs $58.30 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 $12.83 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Exchange $15.16 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $15.16 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $15.16 ↓ -56%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $15.75 ↓ -54%
Aetna Commercial|Transplant $18.66 ↓ -46%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $19.24 ↓ -44%
United Commercial|Charter $19.83 ↓ -42%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $20.41 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $20.99 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $20.99 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $20.99 ↓ -39%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $21.10 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|PPO $22.16 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|HMO $22.16 ↓ -36%
United Commercial|Optum $27.41 ↓ -20%
Humana Commercial|HMO $27.99 ↓ -19%
Humana Commercial|PPO $27.99 ↓ -19%
KelseyCare Commercial|All Other Plans $28.57 ↓ -17%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $32.07 ↓ -7%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $32.07 ↓ -7%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $32.07 ↓ -7%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $34.98 ↑ +1%
Independent Med System Commercial|All Plans $34.98 ↑ +1%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $37.90 ↑ +10%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $37.90 ↑ +10%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $37.90 ↑ +10%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $40.81 ↑ +18%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $40.81 ↑ +18%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $40.81 ↑ +18%
PHCS Savility Commercial|PPO $40.81 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $40.81 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial|AP3-PPO $41.98 ↑ +22%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $43.73 ↑ +27%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $48.17 ↑ +40%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $49.56 ↑ +44%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $58.30 ↑ +69%

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