Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$184.63
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.
$1,055.00
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.
$25.50 with UNITED vs $2,960.00 with United — 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 | $25.50 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $56.25 | ↓ -70% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $84.40 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $86.09 | ↓ -53% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $88.62 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $88.62 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $88.62 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $158.68 | ↓ -14% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $158.68 | ↓ -14% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $186.53 | ↑ +1% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $259.85 | ↑ +41% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $289.76 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↑ +60% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↑ +60% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $301.58 | ↑ +63% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $304.54 | ↑ +65% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $316.37 | ↑ +71% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $340.02 | ↑ +84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $359.66 | ↑ +95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $359.66 | ↑ +95% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $366.48 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $369.10 | ↑ +100% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $392.66 | ↑ +113% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $403.70 | ↑ +119% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $411.04 | ↑ +123% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $428.72 | ↑ +132% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $431.92 | ↑ +134% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $443.51 | ↑ +140% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $447.74 | ↑ +143% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $467.80 | ↑ +153% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $524.30 | ↑ +184% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +217% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $623.90 | ↑ +238% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $734.00 | ↑ +298% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $887.01 | ↑ +380% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $960.93 | ↑ +420% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +717% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +1503% |
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Ablation of upper extremity nerves rf at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $9,924.31 | $81.25 – $805.12 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $8,936.10 | $81.25 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $9,924.31 | $40.14 – $871.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $9,362.69 | $71.00 – $745.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $8,936.10 | $81.25 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $9,924.31 | $162.50 – $733.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $9,362.69 | $71.00 – $745.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $8,936.10 | $81.25 – $733.72 |