Apply short leg castambul type 29425 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

$110.60

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.

$632.00

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.

$37.86 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 $37.86 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $38.62 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $38.62 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $39.75 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $39.75 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $39.75 ↓ -64%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $55.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $56.00 ↓ -49%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $61.00 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $63.66 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $64.11 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $68.21 ↓ -38%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $71.18 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $71.18 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $75.03 ↓ -32%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $83.67 ↓ -24%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $85.00 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $85.19 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $100.00 ↓ -10%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $229.29 ↑ +107%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $260.69 ↑ +136%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +141%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $266.01 ↑ +141%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $271.33 ↑ +145%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $273.99 ↑ +148%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $284.63 ↑ +157%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $305.91 ↑ +177%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $309.68 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $309.68 ↑ +180%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $385.71 ↑ +249%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $399.02 ↑ +261%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $431.95 ↑ +291%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $475.40 ↑ +330%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $539.64 ↑ +388%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $798.03 ↑ +622%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $864.53 ↑ +682%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1263%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +2576%

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