Ghs nerve block sciatic nerve at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$323.05
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.
$1,846.00
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.
$77.47 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 | $77.47 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $79.02 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $79.02 | ↓ -76% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $81.34 | ↓ -75% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $81.34 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $81.34 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $102.30 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $104.16 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $113.46 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $125.30 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $126.20 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $134.25 | ↓ -58% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $145.64 | ↓ -55% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $145.64 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $147.68 | ↓ -54% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $158.10 | ↓ -51% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $171.21 | ↓ -47% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $174.31 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $186.00 | ↓ -42% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $615.81 | ↑ +91% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $679.77 | ↑ +110% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↑ +115% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $707.51 | ↑ +119% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $714.45 | ↑ +121% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $742.19 | ↑ +130% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $797.69 | ↑ +147% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,005.78 | ↑ +211% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,040.46 | ↑ +222% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,136.97 | ↑ +252% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,224.18 | ↑ +279% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,419.95 | ↑ +340% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +367% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2,080.92 | ↑ +544% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,254.33 | ↑ +598% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,888.00 | ↑ +794% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +816% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,943.00 | ↑ +1121% |
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Ghs nerve block sciatic nerve at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,208.49 | $78.79 – $3,312.73 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,922.03 | $73.64 – $2,402.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,208.49 | $71.00 – $3,312.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,206.40 | $71.00 – $2,758.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,922.03 | $73.64 – $2,402.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,208.49 | $73.64 – $3,312.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,206.40 | $71.00 – $3,309.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,922.03 | $73.64 – $2,402.54 |