Clsd tx/patellar fx without manip 27520 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

$75.60

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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.

$432.00

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.

$89.76 with SUPERIOR vs $3,943.00 with Cigna — 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 $89.76 ↑ +19%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $91.56 ↑ +21%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $91.56 ↑ +21%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $94.25 ↑ +25%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $94.25 ↑ +25%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $94.25 ↑ +25%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $168.75 ↑ +123%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $168.75 ↑ +123%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $197.84 ↑ +162%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $198.37 ↑ +162%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $201.96 ↑ +167%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $235.47 ↑ +211%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $237.60 ↑ +214%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $240.27 ↑ +218%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $240.27 ↑ +218%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $241.92 ↑ +220%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $245.08 ↑ +224%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $247.48 ↑ +227%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $257.09 ↑ +240%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $263.52 ↑ +249%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $276.31 ↑ +265%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $301.90 ↑ +299%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $304.05 ↑ +302%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $323.46 ↑ +328%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $348.39 ↑ +361%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $355.81 ↑ +371%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $360.41 ↑ +377%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $367.20 ↑ +386%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $369.05 ↑ +388%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $417.46 ↑ +452%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $432.00 ↑ +471%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $461.36 ↑ +510%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $720.81 ↑ +853%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $780.88 ↑ +933%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1895%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +3720%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +3815%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +5116%

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Clsd tx/patellar fx without manip 27520 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $612.52 $85.00 – $918.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $600.60 $85.32 – $750.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $612.52 $71.00 – $918.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $421.24 $71.00 – $584.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $600.60 $85.32 – $750.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $612.52 $85.32 – $918.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $421.24 $71.00 – $631.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $600.60 $85.32 – $750.75

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