Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$51.80
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.
$296.00
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.
$23.68 with SUPERIOR vs $631.96 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 | $23.68 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $24.16 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $24.16 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $24.87 | ↓ -52% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $24.87 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $24.87 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $44.52 | ↓ -14% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $44.52 | ↓ -14% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $52.34 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $53.28 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $77.00 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $77.45 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $82.50 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $84.00 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $91.07 | ↑ +76% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $91.50 | ↑ +77% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $96.52 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $107.42 | ↑ +107% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $127.50 | ↑ +146% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $145.04 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $145.04 | ↑ +180% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $150.00 | ↑ +190% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.00 | ↑ +193% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $170.83 | ↑ +230% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $190.57 | ↑ +268% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $194.45 | ↑ +275% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $194.45 | ↑ +275% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $198.34 | ↑ +283% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $200.28 | ↑ +287% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $208.06 | ↑ +302% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $223.62 | ↑ +332% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $281.95 | ↑ +444% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $291.68 | ↑ +463% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $294.75 | ↑ +469% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $350.64 | ↑ +577% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $367.83 | ↑ +610% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $583.35 | ↑ +1026% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $631.96 | ↑ +1120% |
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Nasopharyngoscopy w/endoscope at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $298.52 | $95.82 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $351.67 | $99.64 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $298.52 | $61.44 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $211.51 | $42.30 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $351.67 | $91.07 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $298.52 | $154.23 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $211.51 | $70.50 – $490.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $351.67 | $93.78 – $490.70 |