Removal of scrotum lesion at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$989.98
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.
$5,657.00
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.
$686.75 with SUPERIOR vs $8,788.00 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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $686.75 | ↓ -31% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $700.49 | ↓ -29% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $700.49 | ↓ -29% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $721.09 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $721.09 | ↓ -27% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $721.09 | ↓ -27% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $1,291.09 | ↑ +30% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,291.09 | ↑ +30% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,517.72 | ↑ +53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,545.19 | ↑ +56% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,772.75 | ↑ +79% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $2,010.80 | ↑ +103% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $2,051.83 | ↑ +107% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,051.83 | ↑ +107% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $2,092.87 | ↑ +111% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,113.38 | ↑ +113% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $2,195.46 | ↑ +122% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $2,359.60 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $2,480.17 | ↑ +151% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $2,497.89 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $2,657.33 | ↑ +168% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2,923.06 | ↑ +195% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $2,975.15 | ↑ +201% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $3,077.75 | ↑ +211% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,111.35 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,167.92 | ↑ +220% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,205.98 | ↑ +224% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $3,346.00 | ↑ +238% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,450.77 | ↑ +249% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $3,605.60 | ↑ +264% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $4,011.95 | ↑ +305% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $4,479.00 | ↑ +352% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,568.00 | ↑ +361% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,808.45 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $5,657.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $6,155.49 | ↑ +522% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,668.45 | ↑ +574% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,788.00 | ↑ +788% |
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Removal of scrotum lesion at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,299.57 | $85.00 – $5,045.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,299.57 | $71.00 – $5,045.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,414.55 | $71.00 – $5,045.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,299.57 | $652.80 – $5,045.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,414.55 | $71.00 – $5,045.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $2,299.57 | $71.00 – $5,045.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $2,299.57 | $71.00 – $5,045.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $2,414.55 | $71.00 – $5,045.72 |