Removal sutr/staple req anes at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$24.50
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.
$140.00
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.
$65.53 with SUPERIOR vs $5,954.62 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 | $65.53 | ↑ +167% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $66.84 | ↑ +173% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $66.84 | ↑ +173% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $68.81 | ↑ +181% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $68.81 | ↑ +181% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $68.81 | ↑ +181% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $77.00 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $78.40 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $85.40 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $100.04 | ↑ +308% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $100.76 | ↑ +311% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $107.19 | ↑ +338% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $117.91 | ↑ +381% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $119.00 | ↑ +386% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $123.20 | ↑ +403% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $123.20 | ↑ +403% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $140.00 | ↑ +471% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $144.82 | ↑ +491% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $147.44 | ↑ +502% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1,649.44 | ↑ +6632% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $1,795.55 | ↑ +7229% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,832.19 | ↑ +7378% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,832.19 | ↑ +7378% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,868.83 | ↑ +7528% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,887.16 | ↑ +7603% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,960.44 | ↑ +7902% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $2,107.02 | ↑ +8500% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,124.00 | ↑ +8569% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $2,656.68 | ↑ +10744% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,748.29 | ↑ +11118% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,888.00 | ↑ +11688% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,066.80 | ↑ +12418% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $3,228.20 | ↑ +13076% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $3,838.25 | ↑ +15566% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,943.00 | ↑ +15994% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,168.00 | ↑ +16912% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $5,496.57 | ↑ +22335% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,954.62 | ↑ +24205% |
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Removal sutr/staple req anes at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,448.73 | $66.65 – $4,517.58 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $862.80 | $62.29 – $4,517.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,448.73 | $66.65 – $4,517.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,646.85 | $62.29 – $4,517.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $862.80 | $62.29 – $4,517.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,448.73 | $62.29 – $4,517.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,646.85 | $62.29 – $4,517.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $862.80 | $62.29 – $4,517.58 |