Administration immunization intranasal/oral route each additional vaccine 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

$2.98

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.

$17.00

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.

$8.33 with Cigna vs $75.00 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
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8.33 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $8.33 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $9.35 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $9.52 ↑ +219%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.37 ↑ +248%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $14.45 ↑ +385%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $17.00 ↑ +470%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $17.00 ↑ +470%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $17.00 ↑ +470%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $17.00 ↑ +470%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $17.00 ↑ +470%
United Commercial|Exchange $38.00 ↑ +1175%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $75.00 ↑ +2417%

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Administration immunization intranasal/oral route each additional vaccine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $33.60 $4.82 – $47.86
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $33.60 $4.25 – $39.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $33.60 $3.09 – $22.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $35.28 $3.00 – $39.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $33.60 $4.00 – $30.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $33.60 $7.75 – $22.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $35.28 $5.00 – $39.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $33.60 $4.00 – $39.82

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