Benign lesion paring 2-4 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$82.78
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.
$473.00
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.
$44.00 with Health Smart 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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| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $44.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $44.80 | ↓ -46% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $48.80 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $68.00 | ↓ -18% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $80.00 | ↓ -3% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $172.58 | ↑ +108% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $195.04 | ↑ +136% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $199.02 | ↑ +140% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $199.02 | ↑ +140% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $203.00 | ↑ +145% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $204.99 | ↑ +148% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $212.95 | ↑ +157% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $228.87 | ↑ +176% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $231.77 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $231.77 | ↑ +180% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $244.62 | ↑ +196% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $246.37 | ↑ +198% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $262.10 | ↑ +217% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $288.30 | ↑ +248% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $288.58 | ↑ +249% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $298.53 | ↑ +261% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $321.54 | ↑ +288% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $354.40 | ↑ +328% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $401.76 | ↑ +385% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $597.06 | ↑ +621% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $646.82 | ↑ +681% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +1722% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +3476% |
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Benign lesion paring 2-4 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $283.24 | $85.00 – $495.95 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $429.38 | $218.41 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $283.24 | $80.25 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $283.24 | $58.30 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $293.06 | $58.61 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $283.24 | $75.53 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $283.24 | $146.34 – $495.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $293.06 | $71.00 – $495.95 |