Antigen therapy services 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

$3.15

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.

$18.00

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.

$9.90 with Health Smart vs $152.00 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
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $9.90 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $10.08 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $10.98 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $15.30 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $18.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $18.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $18.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $18.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $18.00 ↑ +471%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $40.49 ↑ +1185%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $45.29 ↑ +1338%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $46.21 ↑ +1367%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $46.21 ↑ +1367%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $47.13 ↑ +1396%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $47.60 ↑ +1411%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $49.44 ↑ +1470%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $53.14 ↑ +1587%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $67.00 ↑ +2027%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $69.32 ↑ +2101%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $71.64 ↑ +2174%
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↑ +2344%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $84.08 ↑ +2569%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $89.50 ↑ +2741%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $138.63 ↑ +4301%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $150.18 ↑ +4668%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $152.00 ↑ +4725%

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Antigen therapy services at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $75.58 $24.26 – $117.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $75.58 $15.56 – $117.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $70.07 $14.01 – $117.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $75.58 $39.05 – $117.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $70.07 $23.36 – $117.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $75.58 $15.12 – $117.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $75.58 $18.89 – $117.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $70.07 $12.85 – $117.68

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