Application of forearm cast 29075 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

$67.55

Cash price

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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.

$386.00

Gross charge

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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.

$47.48 with SUPERIOR 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $47.48 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $48.43 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $48.43 ↓ -28%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $49.85 ↓ -26%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $49.85 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $49.85 ↓ -26%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $68.20 ↑ +1%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $69.44 ↑ +3%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $75.64 ↑ +12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $77.31 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $77.86 ↑ +15%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $82.83 ↑ +23%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $89.26 ↑ +32%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $89.26 ↑ +32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $91.11 ↑ +35%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $104.93 ↑ +55%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $105.40 ↑ +56%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $106.83 ↑ +58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $124.00 ↑ +84%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $189.14 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $189.14 ↑ +180%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $229.29 ↑ +239%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $260.69 ↑ +286%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +294%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +294%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $271.33 ↑ +302%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $273.99 ↑ +306%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +321%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $305.91 ↑ +353%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $385.71 ↑ +471%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $399.02 ↑ +491%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $431.95 ↑ +539%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $475.40 ↑ +604%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $539.64 ↑ +699%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $798.03 ↑ +1081%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $864.53 ↑ +1180%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +2132%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +4282%

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Application of forearm cast 29075 at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $386.61 $48.29 – $665.29
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $408.97 $45.13 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $331.13 $45.13 – $665.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $386.61 $45.13 – $665.29
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