Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$314.13
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.
$1,795.00
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.
$276.53 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 | $276.53 | ↓ -12% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $282.06 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $282.06 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $290.36 | ↓ -8% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $290.36 | ↓ -8% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $290.36 | ↓ -8% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $519.88 | ↑ +65% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $519.88 | ↑ +65% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $611.13 | ↑ +95% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $622.19 | ↑ +98% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $814.45 | ↑ +159% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $873.90 | ↑ +178% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $875.07 | ↑ +179% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $881.32 | ↑ +181% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $891.73 | ↑ +184% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $891.73 | ↑ +184% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $909.56 | ↑ +190% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $918.48 | ↑ +192% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $937.58 | ↑ +198% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $954.15 | ↑ +204% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $987.25 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,005.20 | ↑ +220% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $1,025.49 | ↑ +226% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,031.33 | ↑ +228% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,094.95 | ↑ +249% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,136.97 | ↑ +262% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,293.01 | ↑ +312% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,337.60 | ↑ +326% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,419.95 | ↑ +352% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +380% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,525.75 | ↑ +386% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,613.52 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,795.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2,675.19 | ↑ +752% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,888.00 | ↑ +819% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,898.12 | ↑ +823% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +842% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,943.00 | ↑ +1155% |
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Inj epidural sgl lumb-sacral without img at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,616.30 | $85.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,450.84 | $262.86 – $2,257.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,616.30 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,255.99 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,450.84 | $262.86 – $2,257.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,616.30 | $262.86 – $2,424.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,255.99 | $71.00 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,450.84 | $262.86 – $2,257.97 |