Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$2,127.30
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.
$12,156.00
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.
$4,774.29 with SUPERIOR vs $26,940.52 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.
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 | $4,774.29 | ↑ +124% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4,869.78 | ↑ +129% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $4,869.78 | ↑ +129% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $5,013.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $5,013.00 | ↑ +136% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $5,013.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $6,685.80 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,807.36 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7,415.16 | ↑ +249% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $7,801.32 | ↑ +267% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $8,123.61 | ↑ +282% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $8,289.39 | ↑ +290% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $8,289.39 | ↑ +290% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $8,455.18 | ↑ +297% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $8,538.07 | ↑ +301% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $8,869.65 | ↑ +317% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $8,975.67 | ↑ +322% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $8,975.67 | ↑ +322% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $9,379.00 | ↑ +341% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $9,532.80 | ↑ +348% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $9,871.00 | ↑ +364% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $10,332.60 | ↑ +386% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $10,551.18 | ↑ +396% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $10,698.59 | ↑ +403% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $10,742.15 | ↑ +405% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $10,775.01 | ↑ +407% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $11,462.78 | ↑ +439% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $12,019.62 | ↑ +465% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $12,156.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $12,434.09 | ↑ +485% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $12,609.05 | ↑ +493% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13,476.00 | ↑ +533% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14,608.25 | ↑ +587% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $15,039.14 | ↑ +607% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $18,242.06 | ↑ +758% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,403.00 | ↑ +765% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $24,868.17 | ↑ +1069% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $26,940.52 | ↑ +1166% |
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Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $11,687.71 | $4,855.98 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $10,799.55 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $11,687.71 | $2,405.72 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $9,465.05 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $10,799.55 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $11,687.71 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $9,465.05 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $10,799.55 | $4,538.30 – $21,045.99 |