Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$879.03
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.
$5,023.00
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.
$553.05 with SUPERIOR vs $5,613.60 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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $553.05 | ↓ -37% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $564.11 | ↓ -36% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $564.11 | ↓ -36% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $580.70 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $580.70 | ↓ -34% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $580.70 | ↓ -34% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $1,039.73 | ↑ +18% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,039.73 | ↑ +18% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,222.24 | ↑ +39% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,244.36 | ↑ +42% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,527.78 | ↑ +74% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $1,692.72 | ↑ +93% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,727.26 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,727.26 | ↑ +96% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,761.81 | ↑ +100% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,779.08 | ↑ +102% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,848.17 | ↑ +110% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $1,986.35 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $2,002.85 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $2,017.16 | ↑ +129% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,124.00 | ↑ +142% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $2,145.92 | ↑ +144% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2,360.51 | ↑ +169% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $2,504.53 | ↑ +185% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,590.89 | ↑ +195% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,678.88 | ↑ +205% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,762.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,812.88 | ↑ +220% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $3,004.52 | ↑ +242% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,064.03 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $3,346.00 | ↑ +281% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $3,348.29 | ↑ +281% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,168.00 | ↑ +374% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,269.55 | ↑ +386% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,568.00 | ↑ +420% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $5,023.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $5,181.78 | ↑ +489% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,613.60 | ↑ +539% |
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Dx bronchoscope/lavage 31624 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | not published | $562.51 – $4,204.56 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $4,599.84 | $1,245.13 – $4,524.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,655.64 | $2,838.24 – $3,547.80 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,562.70 | $1,285.00 – $7,322.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $879.03 | $639.94 – $5,023.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $11,532.63 | $564.11 – $2,932.75 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $2,562.70 | $1,285.00 – $7,322.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $2,562.70 | $1,285.00 – $7,322.00 |