Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$1,175.48

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.

$6,717.00

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.

$138.99 with KELSEY vs $13,476.00 with Cigna — 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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $138.99 ↓ -88%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $153.58 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↓ -86%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↓ -86%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↓ -86%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $180.22 ↓ -85%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $227.23 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.07 ↓ -80%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.98 ↓ -79%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $275.32 ↓ -77%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $276.52 ↓ -76%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $312.25 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $323.74 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $343.11 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $381.85 ↓ -68%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $470.13 ↓ -60%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $509.31 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $548.11 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,209.06 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +152%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $3,694.35 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,761.52 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,097.37 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,709.45 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $6,717.00 ↑ +471%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9,871.00 ↑ +740%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13,476.00 ↑ +1046%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $34,741.90 $79.01 – $386.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $34,741.90 $50.66 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $34,741.90 $45.84 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $34,741.90 $127.17 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $34,741.90 $71.00 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96

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