Aspiration peritonsillar abscess at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$77.00
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.
$440.00
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.
$25.50 with UNITED 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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| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $25.50 | ↓ -67% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $56.25 | ↓ -27% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $198.63 | ↑ +158% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $215.60 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $215.60 | ↑ +180% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $227.95 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $232.60 | ↑ +202% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $232.60 | ↑ +202% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $237.25 | ↑ +208% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $239.58 | ↑ +211% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $242.00 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $246.40 | ↑ +220% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $248.88 | ↑ +223% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $267.49 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $268.40 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $285.10 | ↑ +270% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $287.13 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $305.46 | ↑ +297% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $336.01 | ↑ +336% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $337.27 | ↑ +338% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $348.90 | ↑ +353% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $374.00 | ↑ +386% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $378.82 | ↑ +392% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $432.40 | ↑ +462% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $440.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $473.47 | ↑ +515% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $697.80 | ↑ +806% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $755.95 | ↑ +882% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +1858% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +3744% |
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Aspiration peritonsillar abscess at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,889.81 | $67.22 – $605.10 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,889.81 | $226.03 – $2,402.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,889.81 | $33.21 – $605.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $4,889.81 | $71.00 – $605.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,889.81 | $226.03 – $2,402.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,889.81 | $134.44 – $605.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $4,889.81 | $71.00 – $605.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $4,889.81 | $226.03 – $2,402.53 |