Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$17.15
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.
$98.00
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.
$33.45 with KELSEY vs $2,026.00 with United — 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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| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $33.45 | ↑ +95% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $36.61 | ↑ +113% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $37.35 | ↑ +118% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $37.35 | ↑ +118% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $38.10 | ↑ +122% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $38.47 | ↑ +124% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $39.96 | ↑ +133% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $42.95 | ↑ +150% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $48.02 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $48.02 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $53.90 | ↑ +214% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $54.16 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $54.88 | ↑ +220% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $56.03 | ↑ +227% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $59.78 | ↑ +249% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $66.68 | ↑ +289% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $66.76 | ↑ +289% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $72.14 | ↑ +321% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $83.11 | ↑ +385% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $83.30 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $84.83 | ↑ +395% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $89.90 | ↑ +424% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $98.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $98.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $112.05 | ↑ +553% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $121.39 | ↑ +608% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,033.00 | ↑ +5923% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,026.00 | ↑ +11713% |
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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $341.53 | $35.62 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $218.79 | $35.62 – $273.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $341.53 | $70.30 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $318.07 | $35.62 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $218.79 | $35.62 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $341.53 | $93.42 – $512.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $318.07 | $35.62 – $477.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $218.79 | $35.62 – $273.49 |