Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$387.98
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.
$2,217.00
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.
$49.80 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.
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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $49.80 | ↓ -87% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $50.80 | ↓ -87% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $50.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $52.29 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $52.29 | ↓ -87% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $52.29 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $73.26 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $73.79 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $78.50 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $86.34 | ↓ -78% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $93.62 | ↓ -76% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $93.62 | ↓ -76% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $110.06 | ↓ -72% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $112.05 | ↓ -71% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $259.85 | ↓ -33% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $289.76 | ↓ -25% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $295.67 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $301.58 | ↓ -22% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $304.54 | ↓ -22% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $316.37 | ↓ -18% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $340.02 | ↓ -12% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $428.72 | ↑ +11% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $443.51 | ↑ +14% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $467.80 | ↑ +21% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $524.30 | ↑ +35% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $584.39 | ↑ +51% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $887.01 | ↑ +129% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $960.93 | ↑ +148% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $1,086.33 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,086.33 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,219.35 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,241.52 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,352.37 | ↑ +249% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +289% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,884.45 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $2,217.00 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +663% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $910.79 | $50.65 – $1,366.18 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $984.66 | $65.41 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,123.56 | $47.34 – $1,404.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $910.79 | $50.65 – $1,366.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,111.46 | $47.34 – $1,389.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,123.56 | $47.34 – $1,404.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $910.79 | $47.34 – $1,366.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,111.46 | $47.34 – $1,667.20 |