Drng open retroperitoneal abscess 49060 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$781.20
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.
$4,464.00
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.
$364.27 with UNITED vs $4,859.00 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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| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $364.27 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $803.52 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,606.47 | ↑ +106% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,617.95 | ↑ +107% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,721.22 | ↑ +120% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,893.34 | ↑ +142% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,187.36 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,187.36 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,455.20 | ↑ +214% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,476.00 | ↑ +217% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,499.84 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,723.04 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,794.40 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $4,464.00 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,859.00 | ↑ +522% |
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Drng open retroperitoneal abscess 49060 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $781.20 | $568.72 – $4,464.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $781.20 | $1,618.65 – $4,955.04 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $781.20 | $982.08 – $4,464.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,434.35 – $4,826.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $10,522.39 – $10,522.39 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $10,522.39 – $10,522.39 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $1,343.89 – $2,444.13 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $10,522.39 – $10,522.39 |