Apply hand/wrist cast 29085 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

$57.75

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.

$330.00

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.

$51.26 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 $51.26 ↓ -11%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $52.29 ↓ -9%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $52.29 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $53.82 ↓ -7%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $53.82 ↓ -7%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $53.82 ↓ -7%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $67.10 ↑ +16%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $68.32 ↑ +18%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $74.42 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $83.87 ↑ +45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $84.47 ↑ +46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $89.87 ↑ +56%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $96.37 ↑ +67%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $96.37 ↑ +67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $98.85 ↑ +71%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $103.70 ↑ +80%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $113.28 ↑ +96%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $115.33 ↑ +100%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $122.00 ↑ +111%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $139.31 ↑ +141%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $154.89 ↑ +168%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $158.05 ↑ +174%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $158.05 ↑ +174%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $161.21 ↑ +179%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $161.70 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $161.70 ↑ +180%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $162.79 ↑ +182%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $169.11 ↑ +193%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $181.76 ↑ +215%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $229.17 ↑ +297%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $237.08 ↑ +311%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $252.97 ↑ +338%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $278.92 ↑ +383%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $315.90 ↑ +447%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $474.15 ↑ +721%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $513.66 ↑ +789%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +2511%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +5026%

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