Aep hearing status deter i&r 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

$54.95

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.

$314.00

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.

$77.00 with United vs $1,013.67 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
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↑ +40%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $138.99 ↑ +153%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $152.00 ↑ +177%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $172.70 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $175.84 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $191.54 ↑ +249%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.98 ↑ +355%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $266.90 ↑ +386%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $305.67 ↑ +456%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +468%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $311.90 ↑ +468%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $312.25 ↑ +468%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $314.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $314.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $314.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $314.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $314.00 ↑ +471%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $318.14 ↑ +479%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $321.26 ↑ +485%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $333.73 ↑ +507%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $358.69 ↑ +553%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $452.25 ↑ +723%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $467.85 ↑ +751%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $555.62 ↑ +911%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $935.70 ↑ +1603%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,013.67 ↑ +1745%

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Aep hearing status deter i&r at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $435.27 $139.72 – $777.56
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $293.72 $83.22 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $435.27 $89.59 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $308.40 $61.68 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $293.72 $78.32 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $435.27 $224.89 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $308.40 $102.80 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $293.72 $78.32 – $777.56

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