Brace ankle stablizing lg at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$21.00
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.
$120.00
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.
$29.89 with Cigna vs $61.00 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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| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $29.89 | ↑ +42% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $29.89 | ↑ +42% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $33.55 | ↑ +60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $34.16 | ↑ +63% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $37.21 | ↑ +77% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $51.85 | ↑ +147% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $61.00 | ↑ +190% |
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Brace ankle stablizing lg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $387.00 | $119.86 – $262.97 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $94.89 | not published |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $21.00 | $7.78 – $61.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $21.00 | $22.12 – $67.71 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $94.89 | $122.31 – $129.04 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $21.00 | $13.42 – $61.00 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $94.89 | not published |
| Covenant Hospital Levelland | Levelland | $94.89 | not published |