Actinotherapy uv light 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

$15.75

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.

$90.00

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.

$32.46 with KELSEY vs $367.00 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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $32.46 ↑ +106%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $38.53 ↑ +145%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $39.31 ↑ +150%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $39.31 ↑ +150%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $40.10 ↑ +155%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $40.49 ↑ +157%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $42.06 ↑ +167%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $44.10 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.10 ↑ +180%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $45.21 ↑ +187%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $49.50 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $50.40 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $54.90 ↑ +249%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +262%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $58.97 ↑ +274%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $60.61 ↑ +285%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $66.53 ↑ +322%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $71.00 ↑ +351%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $75.71 ↑ +381%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $76.50 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $78.23 ↑ +397%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $82.91 ↑ +426%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $90.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $90.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $117.93 ↑ +649%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $127.76 ↑ +711%
United Commercial|Exchange $187.00 ↑ +1087%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $367.00 ↑ +2230%

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Actinotherapy uv light at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $139.85 $35.64 – $209.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $139.85 $28.79 – $209.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $138.89 $27.78 – $173.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $139.85 $72.25 – $209.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $138.89 $35.64 – $208.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $139.85 $27.97 – $174.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $139.85 $34.96 – $209.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $138.89 $25.46 – $208.33

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