Strapping of toes 29550 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital

1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$70.18

Cash price

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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.

$401.00

Gross charge

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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.

$32.08 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $32.08 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.73 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $32.73 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.69 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.69 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $33.69 ↓ -52%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $54.93 ↓ -22%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $58.31 ↓ -17%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $59.50 ↓ -15%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $59.50 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $60.32 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $60.32 ↓ -14%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $60.69 ↓ -14%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $61.28 ↓ -13%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $63.66 ↓ -9%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $68.42 ↓ -3%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $70.90 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $72.18 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $77.01 ↑ +10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $77.56 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $82.52 ↑ +18%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $86.28 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $89.25 ↑ +27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $90.77 ↑ +29%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $99.66 ↑ +42%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $108.28 ↑ +54%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $124.54 ↑ +77%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $178.50 ↑ +154%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $193.38 ↑ +176%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $196.49 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $196.49 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $220.55 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $224.56 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $244.61 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $340.85 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $401.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +2049%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +4118%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $215.28 $56.30 – $322.92
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $530.51 $68.76 – $4,826.69
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $195.43 $39.09 – $244.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $244.30 $56.30 – $305.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $215.28 $111.23 – $322.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $195.43 $56.30 – $293.14

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