Ghs insertion of needle - bone at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$118.65
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.
$678.00
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.
$54.24 with SUPERIOR vs $2,960.00 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 | $54.24 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $55.33 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $55.33 | ↓ -53% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $56.96 | ↓ -52% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $56.96 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $56.96 | ↓ -52% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $101.98 | ↓ -14% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $101.98 | ↓ -14% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $119.88 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $122.04 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $332.22 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $332.22 | ↑ +180% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $360.85 | ↑ +204% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $372.90 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $379.68 | ↑ +220% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $391.70 | ↑ +230% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $399.69 | ↑ +237% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $399.69 | ↑ +237% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $407.68 | ↑ +244% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $411.68 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $413.58 | ↑ +249% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $427.67 | ↑ +260% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $459.64 | ↑ +287% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $485.96 | ↑ +310% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $509.03 | ↑ +329% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $512.66 | ↑ +332% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $545.39 | ↑ +360% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $576.30 | ↑ +386% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $579.55 | ↑ +388% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $599.54 | ↑ +405% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $599.92 | ↑ +406% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $604.64 | ↑ +410% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $678.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $705.32 | ↑ +494% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,199.07 | ↑ +911% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,298.99 | ↑ +995% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +1171% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +2395% |
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Ghs insertion of needle - bone at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $461.99 | $85.00 – $987.04 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $447.75 | $454.49 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $461.99 | $130.90 – $987.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $461.99 | $71.00 – $987.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $356.00 | $71.00 – $987.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $461.99 | $123.20 – $987.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $461.99 | $238.70 – $987.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $356.00 | $71.00 – $987.04 |