Argatroban nonesrd use 1mg 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

$87.50

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.

$500.00

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.

$0.73 with PGT vs $500.00 with BCBS-TX — 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
PGT Medicare|All Plans $0.73 ↓ -99%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $0.74 ↓ -99%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $0.75 ↓ -99%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $0.76 ↓ -99%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $0.79 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|Exchange $0.80 ↓ -99%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $0.85 ↓ -99%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $0.95 ↓ -99%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1.07 ↓ -99%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1.11 ↓ -99%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1.32 ↓ -98%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1.90 ↓ -98%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2.22 ↓ -97%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2.26 ↓ -97%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2.31 ↓ -97%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2.40 ↓ -97%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $2.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3.11 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3.19 ↓ -96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3.64 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.03 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $4.03 ↓ -95%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $275.00 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $280.00 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $305.00 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $425.00 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $500.00 ↑ +471%

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Argatroban nonesrd use 1mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,803.18 $1.24 – $135.33
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $87.50 $0.80 – $450.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $2,051.27 $2.95 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,803.18 $1.14 – $135.33
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,803.18 $1.14 – $135.33
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,653.35 $0.95 – $44.61
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,803.18 $1.14 – $135.33
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $1,327.93 $3.09 – $2,466.14

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