Dest mal lesion snhfg <0.5cm 17270 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

$33.43

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.

$191.00

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.

$78.21 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 $78.21 ↑ +134%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $79.77 ↑ +139%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $79.77 ↑ +139%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $82.12 ↑ +146%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $82.12 ↑ +146%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $82.12 ↑ +146%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $105.05 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $106.96 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $116.51 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $123.61 ↑ +270%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $124.49 ↑ +272%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $132.44 ↑ +296%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $145.68 ↑ +336%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $147.03 ↑ +340%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $147.03 ↑ +340%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $162.35 ↑ +386%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $172.58 ↑ +416%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $172.84 ↑ +417%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $175.97 ↑ +426%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $191.00 ↑ +471%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $195.04 ↑ +483%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +495%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↑ +495%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $203.00 ↑ +507%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $204.99 ↑ +513%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↑ +537%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $228.87 ↑ +585%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $288.58 ↑ +763%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↑ +793%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $321.54 ↑ +862%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $354.40 ↑ +960%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $401.76 ↑ +1102%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $597.06 ↑ +1686%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $646.82 ↑ +1835%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +4411%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +8754%

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Dest mal lesion snhfg <0.5cm 17270 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $423.61 $79.54 – $635.41
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $423.61 $74.34 – $635.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $332.93 $71.00 – $499.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $423.61 $71.00 – $529.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $423.61 $71.00 – $635.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $332.93 $71.00 – $499.39

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