Ghs nerve block interscaline 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

$330.58

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.

$1,889.00

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.

$88.00 with Health Smart 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.

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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 $88.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $89.60 ↓ -73%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $97.60 ↓ -70%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $136.00 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $160.00 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $358.49 ↑ +8%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $365.66 ↑ +11%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $365.66 ↑ +11%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $376.41 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $376.41 ↑ +14%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $376.41 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $673.96 ↑ +104%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $673.96 ↑ +104%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $792.26 ↑ +140%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $806.60 ↑ +144%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $814.45 ↑ +146%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $873.90 ↑ +164%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $891.73 ↑ +170%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $891.73 ↑ +170%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $909.56 ↑ +175%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $918.48 ↑ +178%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $954.15 ↑ +189%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $1,025.49 ↑ +210%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,136.87 ↑ +244%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,144.99 ↑ +246%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,218.08 ↑ +268%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,293.01 ↑ +291%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,337.60 ↑ +305%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,339.88 ↑ +305%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,473.96 ↑ +346%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +356%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,613.52 ↑ +388%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $1,840.32 ↑ +457%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,675.19 ↑ +709%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +774%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,898.12 ↑ +777%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +795%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +1093%

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