Cystoscopy and treatment at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$289.28
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.
$1,653.00
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.
$909.15 with Health Smart vs $11,227.32 with NX Health — 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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| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $909.15 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $925.68 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,008.33 | ↑ +249% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,202.33 | ↑ +316% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,226.38 | ↑ +324% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,226.38 | ↑ +324% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,262.45 | ↑ +336% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,262.45 | ↑ +336% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,262.45 | ↑ +336% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,405.05 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,653.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $2,260.38 | ↑ +681% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $2,260.38 | ↑ +681% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $2,480.17 | ↑ +757% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $2,497.89 | ↑ +763% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,657.15 | ↑ +819% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $2,657.33 | ↑ +819% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,705.24 | ↑ +835% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2,923.06 | ↑ +910% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $3,063.20 | ↑ +959% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $3,346.00 | ↑ +1057% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $3,385.47 | ↑ +1070% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,454.56 | ↑ +1094% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3,454.56 | ↑ +1094% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,523.65 | ↑ +1118% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,558.20 | ↑ +1130% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,696.38 | ↑ +1178% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $3,972.74 | ↑ +1273% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $4,479.00 | ↑ +1448% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,568.00 | ↑ +1479% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $5,009.11 | ↑ +1632% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $5,181.84 | ↑ +1691% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,505.10 | ↑ +1803% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $6,171.22 | ↑ +2033% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $6,883.56 | ↑ +2280% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,788.00 | ↑ +2938% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $10,363.68 | ↑ +3483% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,227.32 | ↑ +3781% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cystoscopy and treatment at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,822.39 | $85.00 – $8,733.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,822.39 | $71.00 – $8,733.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,050.13 | $71.00 – $8,636.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,822.39 | $1,142.90 – $8,733.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,050.13 | $71.00 – $8,636.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $5,822.39 | $71.00 – $8,636.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $5,822.39 | $71.00 – $8,733.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $5,050.13 | $71.00 – $8,636.11 |