Ghs simple repair 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12004 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

$686.88

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.

$3,925.00

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.

$172.58 with KELSEY vs $3,925.00 with BCBS-TX — 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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $172.58 ↓ -75%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $195.04 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $199.02 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $203.00 ↓ -70%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $204.99 ↓ -70%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $212.95 ↓ -69%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $228.87 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $244.62 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $246.37 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $262.10 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $288.30 ↓ -58%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $288.58 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $298.53 ↓ -57%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $314.00 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $320.28 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $320.28 ↓ -53%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $321.54 ↓ -53%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $329.70 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $329.70 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $329.70 ↓ -52%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $354.40 ↓ -48%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $401.76 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $590.32 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $590.32 ↓ -14%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $597.06 ↓ -13%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $646.82 ↓ -6%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $693.94 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $706.50 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +120%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,923.25 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,923.25 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $2,158.75 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,198.00 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,394.25 ↑ +249%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +331%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,336.25 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,925.00 ↑ +471%

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