Anal/urinary muscle study 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

$17.50

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.

$100.00

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.

$23.29 with SUPERIOR vs $2,960.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $23.29 ↑ +33%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $23.76 ↑ +36%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $23.76 ↑ +36%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $24.45 ↑ +40%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $24.45 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $24.45 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $40.92 ↑ +134%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $41.21 ↑ +135%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $43.79 ↑ +150%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $43.79 ↑ +150%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $43.85 ↑ +151%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $48.23 ↑ +176%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $51.47 ↑ +194%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $52.40 ↑ +199%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $55.00 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $56.00 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $61.00 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $85.00 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $100.00 ↑ +471%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $138.99 ↑ +694%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $153.58 ↑ +778%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↑ +795%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↑ +795%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↑ +813%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↑ +822%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↑ +858%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $180.22 ↑ +930%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $227.23 ↑ +1198%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.07 ↑ +1243%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.98 ↑ +1328%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $276.52 ↑ +1480%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $312.25 ↑ +1684%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $470.13 ↑ +2586%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $509.31 ↑ +2810%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +8517%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +16814%

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Anal/urinary muscle study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $411.48 $23.69 – $617.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $407.00 $22.14 – $508.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $411.48 $23.69 – $617.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $484.04 $22.14 – $605.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $407.00 $22.14 – $508.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $411.48 $22.14 – $617.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $484.04 $22.14 – $726.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $407.00 $22.14 – $508.75

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