Nasal/sinus sphenoid endoscopy dx 31235 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

$65.98

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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.

$377.00

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.

$207.35 with Health Smart vs $5,613.60 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
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $207.35 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $211.12 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $229.97 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $320.45 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $377.00 ↑ +471%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $553.05 ↑ +738%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $564.11 ↑ +755%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $564.11 ↑ +755%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $580.70 ↑ +780%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $580.70 ↑ +780%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $580.70 ↑ +780%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,039.73 ↑ +1476%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,039.73 ↑ +1476%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,222.24 ↑ +1752%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,244.36 ↑ +1786%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,527.78 ↑ +2216%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,692.72 ↑ +2466%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↑ +2518%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,727.26 ↑ +2518%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,761.81 ↑ +2570%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,779.08 ↑ +2596%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,848.17 ↑ +2701%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $1,986.35 ↑ +2911%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,002.85 ↑ +2936%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,017.16 ↑ +2957%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↑ +3119%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,145.92 ↑ +3152%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,360.51 ↑ +3478%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,504.53 ↑ +3696%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,590.89 ↑ +3827%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,678.88 ↑ +3960%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +4277%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,004.52 ↑ +4454%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $3,348.29 ↑ +4975%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +5876%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,168.00 ↑ +6217%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $5,181.78 ↑ +7754%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $5,613.60 ↑ +8408%

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Nasal/sinus sphenoid endoscopy dx 31235 at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,232.24 $85.00 – $4,204.56
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,960.88 $71.00 – $4,204.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,232.24 $71.00 – $4,204.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $2,232.24 $71.00 – $4,204.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $1,960.88 $71.00 – $4,204.56

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