Exc sq tumor/thigh/knee area 3cm/> 27337 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

$94.33

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.

$539.00

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.

$296.45 with Health Smart vs $10,723.00 with Cigna — 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
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $296.45 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $301.84 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $328.79 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $458.15 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $539.00 ↑ +471%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $857.59 ↑ +809%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $874.74 ↑ +827%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $874.74 ↑ +827%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $900.47 ↑ +855%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $900.47 ↑ +855%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $900.47 ↑ +855%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,612.27 ↑ +1609%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,612.27 ↑ +1609%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,895.27 ↑ +1909%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,929.58 ↑ +1946%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,468.86 ↑ +2517%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $2,809.36 ↑ +2878%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +2939%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,866.69 ↑ +2939%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2,924.02 ↑ +3000%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $2,952.69 ↑ +3030%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,067.36 ↑ +3152%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,246.45 ↑ +3342%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,269.63 ↑ +3366%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $3,296.69 ↑ +3395%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,478.34 ↑ +3587%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,826.17 ↑ +3956%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,156.70 ↑ +4307%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,245.44 ↑ +4401%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,300.04 ↑ +4459%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,479.00 ↑ +4648%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $5,030.04 ↑ +5232%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $5,303.09 ↑ +5522%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $7,855.00 ↑ +8227%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $8,600.07 ↑ +9017%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,788.00 ↑ +9216%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $9,316.74 ↑ +9777%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,723.00 ↑ +11268%

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