Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$10.68
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.
$61.00
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.
$12.20 with United 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $12.20 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $13.42 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $15.25 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $16.47 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $17.69 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.91 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $18.91 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.13 | ↑ +88% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $33.55 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $34.16 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $37.21 | ↑ +248% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $42.70 | ↑ +300% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $51.85 | ↑ +385% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $61.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Brace oths wrist hnd fngr without at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $464.93 | not published |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $112.09 | $67.26 – $240.19 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $10.68 | $7.78 – $54.90 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $138.92 | $106.16 – $636.93 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $10.68 | $12.20 – $67.71 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $138.92 | $106.16 – $636.93 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $464.93 | $281.17 – $296.63 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $138.92 | $106.16 – $636.93 |