Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$241.33
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.
$1,379.00
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.
$276.53 with SUPERIOR vs $3,943.00 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.
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 | $276.53 | ↑ +15% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $282.06 | ↑ +17% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $282.06 | ↑ +17% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $290.36 | ↑ +20% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $290.36 | ↑ +20% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $290.36 | ↑ +20% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $519.88 | ↑ +115% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $519.88 | ↑ +115% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $611.13 | ↑ +153% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $615.81 | ↑ +155% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $622.19 | ↑ +158% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $679.77 | ↑ +182% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↑ +187% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↑ +187% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $707.51 | ↑ +193% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $714.45 | ↑ +196% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $742.19 | ↑ +208% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $758.45 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $772.24 | ↑ +220% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $797.69 | ↑ +231% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $850.00 | ↑ +252% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $875.07 | ↑ +263% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $881.32 | ↑ +265% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $937.58 | ↑ +289% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,005.78 | ↑ +317% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,031.33 | ↑ +327% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,040.46 | ↑ +331% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,136.97 | ↑ +371% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,172.15 | ↑ +386% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,224.18 | ↑ +407% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,379.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,419.95 | ↑ +488% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +525% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2,080.92 | ↑ +762% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,254.33 | ↑ +834% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,888.00 | ↑ +1097% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +1127% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,943.00 | ↑ +1534% |
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Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $809.98 | $281.26 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,216.22 | $262.86 – $3,693.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $809.98 | $166.72 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $749.98 | $262.86 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,216.22 | $262.86 – $3,693.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $809.98 | $262.86 – $2,501.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $749.98 | $262.86 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,216.22 | $262.86 – $3,693.00 |