Perc cryo ablate renal tum at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$3,986.15
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.
$22,778.00
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.
$4,886.95 with SUPERIOR vs $33,891.29 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 | $4,886.95 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4,984.69 | ↑ +25% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $4,984.69 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $5,131.30 | ↑ +29% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $5,131.30 | ↑ +29% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $5,131.30 | ↑ +29% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $7,855.00 | ↑ +97% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $8,684.91 | ↑ +118% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $9,187.47 | ↑ +130% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $9,187.47 | ↑ +130% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $9,379.00 | ↑ +135% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $10,219.53 | ↑ +156% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $10,428.09 | ↑ +162% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $10,428.09 | ↑ +162% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $10,636.65 | ↑ +167% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,723.00 | ↑ +169% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $10,740.93 | ↑ +169% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $10,800.16 | ↑ +171% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $10,995.64 | ↑ +176% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $11,158.06 | ↑ +180% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $11,778.35 | ↑ +195% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $11,862.49 | ↑ +198% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $11,992.30 | ↑ +201% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $12,527.90 | ↑ +214% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $12,619.67 | ↑ +217% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $12,755.68 | ↑ +220% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $13,881.63 | ↑ +248% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $13,894.58 | ↑ +249% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $15,120.73 | ↑ +279% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $15,642.14 | ↑ +292% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $15,947.86 | ↑ +300% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $18,222.04 | ↑ +357% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,403.00 | ↑ +362% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $19,361.30 | ↑ +386% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $19,931.60 | ↑ +400% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $22,778.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $31,284.27 | ↑ +685% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $33,891.29 | ↑ +750% |
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Perc cryo ablate renal tum at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $11,458.04 | $85.00 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $13,038.50 | $4,645.39 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $11,458.04 | $71.00 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $8,517.04 | $71.00 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $13,038.50 | $4,645.39 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $11,458.04 | $4,645.39 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $8,517.04 | $71.00 – $25,500.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $13,038.50 | $4,645.39 – $25,500.18 |