Implant neuroelectrodes 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

$2,478.88

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.

$14,165.00

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.

$4,111.62 with SUPERIOR vs $21,363.97 with NX Health — 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 $4,111.62 ↑ +66%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4,193.85 ↑ +69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $4,193.85 ↑ +69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4,317.20 ↑ +74%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $4,317.20 ↑ +74%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $4,317.20 ↑ +74%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $6,232.60 ↑ +151%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $6,311.43 ↑ +155%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,345.92 ↑ +156%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $6,442.06 ↑ +160%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $6,573.53 ↑ +165%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $6,573.53 ↑ +165%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $6,705.00 ↑ +170%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $6,770.74 ↑ +173%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6,912.52 ↑ +179%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $7,033.68 ↑ +184%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $7,559.56 ↑ +205%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $7,729.85 ↑ +212%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $7,729.85 ↑ +212%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $8,661.98 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $8,723.85 ↑ +252%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $9,086.68 ↑ +267%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $9,251.15 ↑ +273%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $9,280.70 ↑ +274%
United Commercial|Exchange $9,379.00 ↑ +278%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $9,531.62 ↑ +285%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $9,632.20 ↑ +289%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $9,860.30 ↑ +298%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $10,208.76 ↑ +312%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $11,037.14 ↑ +345%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $11,332.00 ↑ +357%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $12,106.72 ↑ +388%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $13,785.01 ↑ +456%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,403.00 ↑ +642%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $19,720.59 ↑ +696%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $21,363.97 ↑ +762%

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Implant neuroelectrodes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,809.60 $85.00 – $16,942.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,629.40 $3,377.64 – $16,942.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,809.60 $71.00 – $16,942.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,844.48 $71.00 – $16,942.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,629.40 $3,471.46 – $16,942.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,809.60 $3,908.38 – $16,942.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,844.48 $71.00 – $16,942.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $5,629.40 $3,471.46 – $16,942.33

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