Aco annual medicare visit (awv), subsq g0439aco at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$27.83
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.
$159.00
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.
$77.00 with United vs $399.39 with NX Health — 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 | Commercial|Exchange | $77.00 | ↑ +177% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $87.45 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $89.04 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $96.99 | ↑ +249% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $120.44 | ↑ +333% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $122.89 | ↑ +342% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $122.89 | ↑ +342% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $125.35 | ↑ +350% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $126.10 | ↑ +353% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $126.58 | ↑ +355% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $131.49 | ↑ +372% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $135.15 | ↑ +386% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $141.32 | ↑ +408% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.00 | ↑ +446% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $159.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $178.19 | ↑ +540% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $184.34 | ↑ +562% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $228.12 | ↑ +720% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $248.80 | ↑ +794% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $290.16 | ↑ +943% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $368.67 | ↑ +1225% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $399.39 | ↑ +1335% |
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Aco annual medicare visit (awv), subsq g0439aco at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $27.83 | $20.26 – $159.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $27.83 | $57.66 – $176.49 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $27.83 | $34.98 – $159.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $109.85 – $299.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $109.85 – $299.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $113.61 – $287.37 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $118.38 – $299.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $109.85 – $299.43 |