Myelography neck spine 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

$982.45

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.

$2,807.00

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.

$112.26 with Wellpoint vs $2,807.00 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
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $112.26 ↓ -89%
Montgomery Hospital District Commercial|All Plans $112.26 ↓ -89%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $114.51 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STARKIDS $115.28 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $115.28 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $117.59 ↓ -88%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $117.59 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $117.87 ↓ -88%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $132.57 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|Exchange $140.00 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $154.48 ↓ -84%
UHC Medicaid|STAR $157.93 ↓ -84%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $177.53 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Charter $209.00 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $227.54 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|PPO $230.00 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|HMO $230.00 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $250.60 ↓ -74%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $280.70 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $280.70 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $307.49 ↓ -69%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $359.67 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $359.67 ↓ -63%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $376.14 ↓ -62%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $569.76 ↓ -42%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $757.89 ↓ -23%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $791.34 ↓ -19%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $791.34 ↓ -19%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $791.34 ↓ -19%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $791.34 ↓ -19%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $791.34 ↓ -19%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $791.34 ↓ -19%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $799.25 ↓ -19%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $807.17 ↓ -18%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $807.17 ↓ -18%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $815.08 ↓ -17%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $846.73 ↓ -14%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $846.73 ↓ -14%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $870.47 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $959.96 ↓ -2%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $982.45 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $994.00 ↑ +1%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $1,015.58 ↑ +3%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $1,068.31 ↑ +9%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,187.01 ↑ +21%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $1,187.01 ↑ +21%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $1,187.01 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,187.01 ↑ +21%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,196.41 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $1,218.66 ↑ +24%
United Commercial|Optum $1,319.29 ↑ +34%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $1,543.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $1,543.85 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $1,543.85 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,656.13 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,684.20 ↑ +71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,742.90 ↑ +77%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,824.55 ↑ +86%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,824.55 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,824.55 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,908.76 ↑ +94%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,964.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,964.90 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,964.90 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,042.46 ↑ +108%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,105.25 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,294.36 ↑ +134%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,319.15 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $2,385.95 ↑ +143%
NXHealth Commercial|All Plans $2,571.86 ↑ +162%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $2,807.00 ↑ +186%

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Myelography neck spine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $112.26 – $1,198.24
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $875.40 $112.26 – $1,983.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,088.80 $224.11 – $1,983.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,133.23 $112.26 – $1,983.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $875.40 $112.26 – $1,983.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,088.80 $120.12 – $1,983.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,088.80 $112.26 – $1,983.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,133.23 $112.26 – $1,983.49

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