Ultrasound chest 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

$612.15

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.

$1,749.00

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.

$56.80 with Wellpoint vs $1,749.00 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|STARKIDS $56.80 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|CHIP $56.80 ↓ -91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $57.14 ↓ -91%
Montgomery Hospital District Commercial|All Plans $57.14 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $57.94 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|CHIP $57.94 ↓ -91%
UHC Medicaid|STARKIDS $58.28 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|All Plans $60.00 ↓ -90%
CHC Medicaid|All Other Plans $65.32 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $76.11 ↓ -88%
Renaissance Commercial|All Plans $76.69 ↓ -87%
UHC Medicaid|STAR $77.82 ↓ -87%
CHC Medicaid|STAR $87.47 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial|Surefit $96.85 ↓ -84%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|HMO $106.51 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare|TRANSPLANT $106.51 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -83%
SELECTCARE Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -83%
HUMANA Medicare|All Other Plans $106.51 ↓ -83%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial|HMO $106.67 ↓ -83%
CIGNA HEALTHSPRING Medicare|PPO $107.58 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -82%
UHC-SecureHorizons Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -82%
Amerivantage Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -81%
DEVOTED Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -81%
KINDRED Medicare|All Plans $117.16 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $130.87 ↓ -79%
KelseyCare Commercial|Exchange $143.79 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Exchange $158.03 ↓ -74%
Superior Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $159.76 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice Commercial|Exchange $159.76 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $159.76 ↓ -74%
BCBS-TX Commercial|MyBlue Health Exchange $163.64 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|Exchange $164.03 ↓ -73%
TCHP Medicaid|STARKIDS $174.90 ↓ -71%
TCHP Medicaid|All Other Plans $174.90 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $177.22 ↓ -71%
UHC Medicaid|STARPLUS $177.22 ↓ -71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.06 ↓ -70%
TCHP Medicaid|STAR $234.37 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $286.92 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $336.24 ↓ -45%
NXHealth Commercial|All Plans $346.16 ↓ -43%
United Commercial|Exchange $362.00 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $377.71 ↓ -38%
OPTUM Medicare|All Plans $472.23 ↓ -23%
United Commercial|Charter $533.00 ↓ -13%
United Commercial|HMO $592.00 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|PPO $592.00 ↓ -3%
TCHPCHIP Medicaid|HMO $612.15 ↑ +0%
OPTUM Medicaid|STAR $632.79 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Optum $822.03 ↑ +34%
CHC Medicaid|CHIP $961.95 ↑ +57%
TEXASTRUECHOICE Medicaid|CHIP $961.95 ↑ +57%
CHC Medicaid|HMO $961.95 ↑ +57%
Aetna-Kelsey Care Commercial|HMO $1,031.91 ↑ +69%
Cigna Lifesource Commercial|Transplant $1,049.40 ↑ +71%
Humana Commercial|Transplant $1,136.85 ↑ +86%
Coventry Commercial|PPO $1,136.85 ↑ +86%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,136.85 ↑ +86%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $1,189.32 ↑ +94%
Cigna Commercial|Transplant $1,224.30 ↑ +100%
Healthsmart Commercial|PPO $1,224.30 ↑ +100%
Interlink Commercial|Transplant $1,224.30 ↑ +100%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $1,311.75 ↑ +114%
OPTUM Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,445.03 ↑ +136%
USA Health Network Commercial|All Plans $1,486.65 ↑ +143%
MHealth Network Commercial|PPO $1,749.00 ↑ +186%

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