Ghs layered repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm -12056 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

$199.68

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.

$1,141.00

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.

$150.52 with SUPERIOR vs $4,568.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $150.52 ↓ -25%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $153.53 ↓ -23%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $153.53 ↓ -23%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $158.05 ↓ -21%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $158.05 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $158.05 ↓ -21%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $282.98 ↑ +42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $282.98 ↑ +42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $332.65 ↑ +67%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $338.67 ↑ +70%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $356.55 ↑ +79%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $392.18 ↑ +96%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +100%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +100%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +104%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +106%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $447.31 ↑ +124%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $450.51 ↑ +126%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $460.21 ↑ +130%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $479.27 ↑ +140%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $527.19 ↑ +164%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $580.26 ↑ +191%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +201%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $618.87 ↑ +210%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $627.55 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $638.96 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $696.01 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $705.86 ↑ +253%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $773.84 ↑ +288%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $969.85 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,141.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,200.54 ↑ +501%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,300.59 ↑ +551%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +655%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +1382%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +1576%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,568.00 ↑ +2188%

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Ghs layered repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm -12056 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $901.76 $85.00 – $1,352.65
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,517.03 $143.08 – $1,896.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $901.76 $71.00 – $1,352.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $880.81 $71.00 – $1,101.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,517.03 $143.08 – $1,896.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $901.76 $143.08 – $1,352.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $880.81 $71.00 – $1,321.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,517.03 $143.08 – $1,896.29

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