Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital

1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,028.48

Cash price

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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.

$5,877.00

Gross charge

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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.

$553.05 with SUPERIOR vs $5,877.00 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $553.05 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $564.11 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $564.11 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $580.70 ↓ -44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $580.70 ↓ -44%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $580.70 ↓ -44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,039.73 ↑ +1%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,039.73 ↑ +1%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,222.24 ↑ +19%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,244.36 ↑ +21%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,527.78 ↑ +49%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,692.72 ↑ +65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↑ +68%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↑ +68%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,761.81 ↑ +71%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,779.08 ↑ +73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,848.17 ↑ +80%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $1,986.35 ↑ +93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,002.85 ↑ +95%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,017.16 ↑ +96%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↑ +107%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,145.92 ↑ +109%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,360.51 ↑ +130%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,504.53 ↑ +144%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,590.89 ↑ +152%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,678.88 ↑ +160%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,004.52 ↑ +192%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $3,232.35 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,291.12 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +225%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $3,348.29 ↑ +226%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,584.97 ↑ +249%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,168.00 ↑ +305%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,568.00 ↑ +344%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,995.45 ↑ +386%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $5,181.78 ↑ +404%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $5,613.60 ↑ +446%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5,877.00 ↑ +471%

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Bronchoscopy w/biopsy(s) 31625 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station not published $562.51 – $4,204.56
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,916.46 $3,285.36 – $4,106.70
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,998.45 $1,285.00 – $8,567.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,028.48 $748.73 – $5,877.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,998.45 $1,285.00 – $8,567.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $2,998.45 $1,285.00 – $8,567.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $2,998.45 $2,313.09 – $8,567.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $1,028.48 $2,131.01 – $6,523.47

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