Brace afo lg left 6607 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$292.43
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.
$1,671.00
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.
$290.80 with United vs $1,454.00 with BCBS-TX — 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 | Commercial|Exchange | $290.80 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $319.88 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $363.50 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $392.58 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $421.66 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $450.74 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $450.74 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $479.82 | ↑ +64% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $799.70 | ↑ +173% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $814.24 | ↑ +178% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $886.94 | ↑ +203% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,017.80 | ↑ +248% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,235.90 | ↑ +323% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,454.00 | ↑ +397% |
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Brace afo lg left 6607 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $292.43 | $185.24 – $1,308.60 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $115.72 | $39.68 – $214.91 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $292.43 | $290.80 – $1,613.94 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $292.43 | $290.80 – $1,308.60 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $286.74 | $281.16 – $281.16 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $557.55 | $281.16 – $281.16 |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $932.85 | $281.16 – $281.16 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $355.20 – $779.27 |