Abd/low ext cath 2nd at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$1,544.38
Cash price 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.
$8,825.00
Gross charge 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.
$720.12 with UNITED vs $8,825.00 with BCBS-TX — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $720.12 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↓ -2% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,588.50 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $4,324.25 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,324.25 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,853.75 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,942.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $5,383.25 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,501.25 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $8,825.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Abd/low ext cath 2nd at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,123.85 | $85.00 – $4,685.78 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,539.25 | $1,002.79 – $5,013.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,123.85 | $71.00 – $4,685.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,123.85 | $71.00 – $3,904.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,539.25 | $943.80 – $5,013.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,123.85 | $1,613.99 – $4,685.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,123.85 | $71.00 – $4,685.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,539.25 | $943.80 – $5,013.94 |