Adrenal cortex & medulla img 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

$282.98

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.

$1,617.00

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.

$415.33 with SUPERIOR vs $4,249.67 with NX Health — 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 $415.33 ↑ +47%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $423.64 ↑ +50%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $423.64 ↑ +50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $436.10 ↑ +54%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $436.10 ↑ +54%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $436.10 ↑ +54%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $759.99 ↑ +169%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $780.82 ↑ +176%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $780.82 ↑ +176%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $889.35 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $905.52 ↑ +220%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $917.88 ↑ +224%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $934.49 ↑ +230%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $954.03 ↑ +237%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $976.80 ↑ +245%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $986.37 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,084.38 ↑ +283%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +295%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,153.23 ↑ +308%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,268.50 ↑ +348%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,273.72 ↑ +350%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,281.44 ↑ +353%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↑ +362%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↑ +362%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,333.74 ↑ +371%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,346.82 ↑ +376%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,374.45 ↑ +386%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,399.12 ↑ +394%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $1,503.73 ↑ +431%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,617.00 ↑ +471%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,896.01 ↑ +570%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,961.39 ↑ +593%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,193.00 ↑ +675%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,339.85 ↑ +727%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,513.64 ↑ +788%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $2,922.14 ↑ +933%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $3,922.77 ↑ +1286%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $4,249.67 ↑ +1402%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,524.05 $425.44 – $6,786.08
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,684.17 $397.61 – $7,026.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $4,524.05 $397.61 – $5,655.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $4,524.05 $397.61 – $6,786.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $4,684.17 $397.61 – $7,026.26

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