Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr 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

$120.05

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$686.00

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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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$64.48 with KELSEY vs $686.00 with BCBS-TX — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $64.48 ↓ -46%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $69.87 ↓ -42%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -41%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $71.29 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $72.72 ↓ -39%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $73.43 ↓ -39%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $76.28 ↓ -36%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $81.98 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $103.37 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $106.94 ↓ -11%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $111.02 ↓ -8%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $124.70 ↑ +4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $137.71 ↑ +15%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $138.67 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $161.93 ↑ +35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $171.62 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $190.99 ↑ +59%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $213.87 ↑ +78%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $231.69 ↑ +93%
United Commercial|Exchange $311.00 ↑ +159%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $322.42 ↑ +169%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $377.30 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $384.16 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $404.74 ↑ +237%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $418.46 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $583.10 ↑ +386%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $610.00 ↑ +408%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $686.00 ↑ +471%

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $383.99 $68.71 – $801.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $374.14 $68.71 – $467.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $383.99 $79.04 – $801.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $401.17 $68.71 – $801.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $374.14 $68.71 – $801.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $383.99 $174.51 – $575.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $401.17 $68.71 – $601.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $374.14 $68.71 – $467.67

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