Antistreptolysin o screen 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

$20.65

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.

$118.00

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.

$4.85 with SUPERIOR vs $100.30 with Multiplan — 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 $4.85 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.95 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.95 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.09 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.09 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.09 ↓ -75%
United Commercial|Exchange $5.19 ↓ -75%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $5.66 ↓ -73%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5.77 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5.77 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.77 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5.89 ↓ -71%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5.94 ↓ -71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $6.17 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $6.28 ↓ -70%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $6.64 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $8.37 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8.66 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9.12 ↓ -56%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $9.12 ↓ -56%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $10.27 ↓ -50%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.72 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.91 ↓ -47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11.22 ↓ -46%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $12.83 ↓ -38%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $12.98 ↓ -37%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $17.31 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $17.48 ↓ -15%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $18.75 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $20.25 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $20.25 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $20.66 ↑ +0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $23.83 ↑ +15%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $64.90 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $66.08 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $71.98 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $100.30 ↑ +386%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $73.38 $5.19 – $110.07
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