Fragmenting of kidney stone at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$2,561.30
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.
$14,636.00
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.
$1,202.33 with SUPERIOR vs $18,403.00 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 | $1,202.33 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,226.38 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,226.38 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,262.45 | ↓ -51% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,262.45 | ↓ -51% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,262.45 | ↓ -51% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $2,260.38 | ↓ -12% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $2,260.38 | ↓ -12% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,657.15 | ↑ +4% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,705.24 | ↑ +6% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $3,063.20 | ↑ +20% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $3,385.47 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3,454.56 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,454.56 | ↑ +35% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,523.65 | ↑ +38% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,558.20 | ↑ +39% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,696.38 | ↑ +44% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,750.00 | ↑ +46% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $3,972.74 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4,225.96 | ↑ +65% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $4,256.14 | ↑ +66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4,527.81 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $4,980.59 | ↑ +94% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $5,009.11 | ↑ +96% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $5,181.84 | ↑ +102% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,505.10 | ↑ +115% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $6,171.22 | ↑ +141% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $6,883.56 | ↑ +169% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $7,830.00 | ↑ +206% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $8,196.16 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $8,927.96 | ↑ +249% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $9,379.00 | ↑ +266% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $10,363.68 | ↑ +305% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,689.00 | ↑ +317% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $11,227.32 | ↑ +338% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $12,440.60 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $14,636.00 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,403.00 | ↑ +619% |
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Fragmenting of kidney stone at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $12,835.46 | $85.00 – $12,407.61 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $13,091.90 | $1,142.90 – $10,982.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $12,835.46 | $71.00 – $12,407.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $13,092.17 | $71.00 – $10,982.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $13,091.90 | $1,142.90 – $12,306.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $12,835.46 | $1,142.90 – $10,696.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $13,092.17 | $71.00 – $10,982.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $13,091.90 | $1,142.90 – $12,306.00 |