Adj gastric band via subq port at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$77.70
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.
$444.00
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 $4,168.00 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 | ↓ -67% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $56.25 | ↓ -28% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $244.20 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $248.64 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $270.84 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $377.40 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $444.00 | ↑ +471% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $788.96 | ↑ +915% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $920.30 | ↑ +1084% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $939.08 | ↑ +1109% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $939.08 | ↑ +1109% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $957.86 | ↑ +1133% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $967.25 | ↑ +1145% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,004.82 | ↑ +1193% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $1,079.94 | ↑ +1290% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,100.29 | ↑ +1316% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,108.15 | ↑ +1326% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,178.88 | ↑ +1417% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,296.77 | ↑ +1569% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,361.67 | ↑ +1652% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,408.62 | ↑ +1713% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,448.81 | ↑ +1765% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,604.66 | ↑ +1965% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,811.54 | ↑ +2231% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,124.00 | ↑ +2634% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2,817.24 | ↑ +3526% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,052.01 | ↑ +3828% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,168.00 | ↑ +5264% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,385.87 | $344.18 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,002.44 | $411.11 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,385.87 | $170.02 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,216.57 | $347.35 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,002.44 | $411.11 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,385.87 | $757.20 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,216.57 | $347.35 – $2,245.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,002.44 | $411.11 – $2,245.59 |