Nasal/sinus endo w/front sinus expl 31276 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$278.08
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.
$1,589.00
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.
$873.95 with Health Smart vs $22,534.46 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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| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $873.95 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $889.84 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $969.29 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,350.65 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,589.00 | ↑ +471% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,714.89 | ↑ +517% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,749.19 | ↑ +529% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,749.19 | ↑ +529% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,800.63 | ↑ +548% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,800.63 | ↑ +548% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,800.63 | ↑ +548% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $3,223.99 | ↑ +1059% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $3,223.99 | ↑ +1059% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $3,711.00 | ↑ +1235% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,789.91 | ↑ +1263% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,858.50 | ↑ +1288% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,066.00 | ↑ +1722% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $5,913.12 | ↑ +2026% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $6,045.00 | ↑ +2074% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $6,795.01 | ↑ +2344% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $6,933.68 | ↑ +2393% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $6,933.68 | ↑ +2393% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $7,072.35 | ↑ +2443% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $7,141.69 | ↑ +2468% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $7,419.04 | ↑ +2568% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $7,616.50 | ↑ +2639% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $7,670.91 | ↑ +2659% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $7,973.73 | ↑ +2767% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $8,160.54 | ↑ +2835% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $8,976.59 | ↑ +3128% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $10,053.84 | ↑ +3515% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $10,400.52 | ↑ +3640% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,427.08 | ↑ +3650% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,861.00 | ↑ +4165% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $12,115.84 | ↑ +4257% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $13,028.90 | ↑ +4585% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $20,801.04 | ↑ +7380% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $22,534.46 | ↑ +8004% |
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Nasal/sinus endo w/front sinus expl 31276 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,446.63 | $85.00 – $16,955.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,446.63 | $71.00 – $16,955.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,107.38 | $71.00 – $16,955.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,446.63 | $1,630.12 – $16,955.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,107.38 | $71.00 – $16,955.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $3,446.63 | $71.00 – $16,955.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $3,446.63 | $71.00 – $16,955.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $5,107.38 | $71.00 – $16,955.09 |