Biopsy tongue anterior two-thirds at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$46.03
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.
$263.00
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.
$117.09 with SUPERIOR vs $3,943.00 with Cigna — 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 | $117.09 | ↑ +154% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $119.43 | ↑ +159% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $119.43 | ↑ +159% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $122.94 | ↑ +167% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $122.94 | ↑ +167% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $122.94 | ↑ +167% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $144.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $147.28 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $160.43 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $171.78 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $173.01 | ↑ +276% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $184.05 | ↑ +300% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $202.46 | ↑ +340% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $220.13 | ↑ +378% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $220.13 | ↑ +378% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $223.55 | ↑ +386% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $258.77 | ↑ +462% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $263.00 | ↑ +471% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $263.45 | ↑ +472% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $436.59 | ↑ +848% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $499.87 | ↑ +986% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $510.07 | ↑ +1008% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $510.07 | ↑ +1008% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $520.27 | ↑ +1030% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $525.37 | ↑ +1041% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $545.77 | ↑ +1086% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $586.58 | ↑ +1174% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $739.60 | ↑ +1507% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $765.11 | ↑ +1562% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $809.79 | ↑ +1659% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $973.98 | ↑ +2016% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,012.19 | ↑ +2099% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +3176% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,530.21 | ↑ +3224% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,657.73 | ↑ +3501% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,888.00 | ↑ +6174% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +6331% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,943.00 | ↑ +8466% |
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Biopsy tongue anterior two-thirds at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,576.07 | $85.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,576.07 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,576.07 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,576.07 | $111.30 – $2,364.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,576.07 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $1,576.07 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $1,576.07 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $1,576.07 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |