Exc mal+marg tal 2.1-3 cm 11603 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$784.53
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.
$4,483.00
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.
$148.83 with SUPERIOR vs $4,483.00 with BCBS-TX — 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 | $148.83 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $151.81 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $151.81 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $156.27 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $156.27 | ↓ -80% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $156.27 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $245.56 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $247.31 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $263.10 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $279.80 | ↓ -64% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $279.80 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $289.41 | ↓ -63% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $328.91 | ↓ -58% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $334.87 | ↓ -57% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $620.23 | ↓ -21% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $690.64 | ↓ -12% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $704.73 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $704.73 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $718.82 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $725.87 | ↓ -7% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $754.06 | ↓ -4% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $810.44 | ↑ +3% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,021.86 | ↑ +30% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,057.10 | ↑ +35% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,114.23 | ↑ +42% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,245.48 | ↑ +59% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,391.71 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +92% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2,114.19 | ↑ +169% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,290.37 | ↑ +192% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,465.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,510.48 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,734.63 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,888.00 | ↑ +268% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +277% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,810.55 | ↑ +386% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,943.00 | ↑ +403% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $4,483.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Exc mal+marg tal 2.1-3 cm 11603 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,109.70 | $85.00 – $3,164.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,109.70 | $71.00 – $3,164.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,867.36 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,109.70 | $141.47 – $3,164.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,867.36 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $2,109.70 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $2,109.70 | $71.00 – $3,164.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $1,867.36 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |