Drain bladder by trocar/cath at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$284.20
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.
$1,624.00
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.
$103.97 with SUPERIOR vs $4,168.00 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.
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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $103.97 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $106.05 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $106.05 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $109.17 | ↓ -62% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $109.17 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $109.17 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $147.53 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $148.59 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $158.07 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $173.88 | ↓ -39% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $195.46 | ↓ -31% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $195.46 | ↓ -31% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $229.77 | ↓ -19% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $233.93 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $795.76 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $795.76 | ↑ +180% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $893.01 | ↑ +214% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $893.20 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $909.44 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $990.64 | ↑ +249% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $998.66 | ↑ +251% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.04 | ↑ +259% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,019.04 | ↑ +259% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,039.42 | ↑ +266% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,049.61 | ↑ +269% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,090.37 | ↑ +284% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $1,171.90 | ↑ +312% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,380.40 | ↑ +386% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,477.61 | ↑ +420% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,528.56 | ↑ +438% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,624.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,647.32 | ↑ +480% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,850.82 | ↑ +551% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $2,058.16 | ↑ +624% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,124.00 | ↑ +647% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $3,057.12 | ↑ +976% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,311.88 | ↑ +1065% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,168.00 | ↑ +1367% |
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Drain bladder by trocar/cath at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $325.50 | $85.00 – $2,590.07 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,078.00 | $98.83 – $2,590.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $325.50 | $67.00 – $2,590.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $948.13 | $71.00 – $2,590.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,078.00 | $98.83 – $2,590.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $325.50 | $98.83 – $2,590.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $948.13 | $71.00 – $2,590.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,078.00 | $98.83 – $2,590.07 |