Application lower leg splint 29515 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital

1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$128.28

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$733.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$36.12 with SUPERIOR vs $2,960.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $36.12 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $36.84 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $36.84 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $37.93 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $37.93 ↓ -70%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $37.93 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $59.11 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $59.53 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $63.33 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $67.91 ↓ -47%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $67.91 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $69.66 ↓ -46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $79.83 ↓ -38%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $81.27 ↓ -37%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $139.31 ↑ +9%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $154.89 ↑ +21%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $158.05 ↑ +23%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $158.05 ↑ +23%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $161.21 ↑ +26%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $162.79 ↑ +27%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $169.11 ↑ +32%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $181.76 ↑ +42%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $229.17 ↑ +79%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $237.08 ↑ +85%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $252.97 ↑ +97%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $278.92 ↑ +117%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $315.90 ↑ +146%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $359.17 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $359.17 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $403.15 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $410.48 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $447.13 ↑ +249%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $474.15 ↑ +270%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $513.66 ↑ +300%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $623.05 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $733.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1076%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +2207%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Application lower leg splint 29515 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $421.37 $36.73 – $632.06
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,064.78 $52.78 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $412.36 $34.33 – $515.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $421.37 $36.73 – $632.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $467.84 $34.33 – $584.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $412.36 $34.33 – $515.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $421.37 $34.33 – $632.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $467.84 $34.33 – $701.77

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →