Cryotherapy of acne 17340 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

$11.38

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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.

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$65.00

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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.

$32.46 with KELSEY vs $2,960.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $32.46 ↑ +185%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $35.75 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $36.40 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $39.65 ↑ +248%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $46.80 ↑ +311%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $47.14 ↑ +314%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $50.15 ↑ +341%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $55.16 ↑ +385%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $55.25 ↑ +386%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $58.31 ↑ +412%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $59.50 ↑ +423%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $59.50 ↑ +423%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $60.61 ↑ +433%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $60.69 ↑ +433%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $61.28 ↑ +438%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $63.66 ↑ +459%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $65.00 ↑ +471%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $68.42 ↑ +501%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $75.71 ↑ +565%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $86.28 ↑ +658%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $89.25 ↑ +684%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $108.28 ↑ +851%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $178.50 ↑ +1469%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $193.38 ↑ +1599%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +13151%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +25911%

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Cryotherapy of acne 17340 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $180.35 $56.30 – $270.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $180.35 $37.12 – $270.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $163.96 $32.79 – $204.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $180.35 $93.18 – $270.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $163.96 $54.65 – $245.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $180.35 $36.07 – $225.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $180.35 $45.09 – $270.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $163.96 $30.06 – $245.93

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