Closed tx sesamoid fx 28530 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

$94.68

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.

$541.00

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.

$43.28 with SUPERIOR vs $2,960.00 with United — 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 $43.28 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $44.15 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $44.15 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $45.45 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $45.45 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $45.45 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $81.37 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $81.37 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $95.65 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $97.38 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $105.10 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $105.85 ↑ +12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $112.61 ↑ +19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $123.87 ↑ +31%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $197.84 ↑ +109%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $235.47 ↑ +149%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $240.27 ↑ +154%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $240.27 ↑ +154%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $245.08 ↑ +159%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $247.48 ↑ +161%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $257.09 ↑ +172%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $265.09 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $265.09 ↑ +180%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $276.31 ↑ +192%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $297.55 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $302.96 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $330.01 ↑ +249%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $348.39 ↑ +268%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $360.41 ↑ +281%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $369.05 ↑ +290%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $417.46 ↑ +341%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $459.85 ↑ +386%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $461.36 ↑ +387%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $541.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $720.81 ↑ +661%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $780.88 ↑ +725%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1493%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +3026%

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