Microdissection manual at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$68.60
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.
$392.00
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.
$153.29 with BCBS-TX vs $564.47 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $153.29 | ↑ +123% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $170.99 | ↑ +149% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $215.60 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $219.52 | ↑ +220% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $227.68 | ↑ +232% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $239.12 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $333.20 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $392.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $392.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $392.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $392.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $414.08 | ↑ +504% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $564.47 | ↑ +723% |
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Microdissection manual at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $350.63 | $36.00 – $820.93 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $388.07 | $35.00 – $317.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $350.63 | $30.47 – $222.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $350.63 | $29.60 – $672.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $388.07 | $35.00 – $473.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $350.63 | $26.00 – $222.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $350.63 | $36.00 – $672.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $388.07 | $35.00 – $317.44 |