Repair of body cast at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$40.25
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.
$230.00
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.
$48.63 with SUPERIOR vs $2,960.00 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 | $48.63 | ↑ +21% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $49.60 | ↑ +23% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $49.60 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $51.06 | ↑ +27% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $51.06 | ↑ +27% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $51.06 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $79.32 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $79.89 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $84.99 | ↑ +111% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $91.42 | ↑ +127% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $91.42 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $93.49 | ↑ +132% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $107.47 | ↑ +167% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $109.42 | ↑ +172% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $112.70 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $112.70 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $126.50 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $128.80 | ↑ +220% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $139.31 | ↑ +246% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $140.30 | ↑ +249% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $154.89 | ↑ +285% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $158.05 | ↑ +293% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $158.05 | ↑ +293% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $161.21 | ↑ +301% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $162.79 | ↑ +304% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $169.11 | ↑ +320% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $181.76 | ↑ +352% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $195.50 | ↑ +386% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $229.17 | ↑ +469% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $230.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $237.08 | ↑ +489% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $252.97 | ↑ +528% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $278.92 | ↑ +593% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $315.90 | ↑ +685% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $474.15 | ↑ +1078% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $513.66 | ↑ +1176% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +3647% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +7254% |
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Repair of body cast at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $214.25 | $49.47 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $214.25 | $44.10 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $214.25 | $46.23 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $214.25 | $46.23 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $214.25 | $46.23 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $214.25 | $46.23 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $214.25 | $46.23 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $214.25 | $46.23 – $390.34 |