Artery x-rays adrenal gland 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

$591.68

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.

$3,381.00

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.

$153.70 with SUPERIOR vs $10,245.95 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $153.70 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $156.77 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $156.77 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $161.38 ↓ -73%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $161.38 ↓ -73%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $161.38 ↓ -73%
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $253.60 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $277.55 ↓ -53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $281.53 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $288.96 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $288.96 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $299.41 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $330.69 ↓ -44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $339.68 ↓ -43%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $345.82 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $379.70 ↓ -36%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,859.55 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,893.36 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,062.41 ↑ +249%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,847.06 ↑ +381%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,873.85 ↑ +386%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $3,089.55 ↑ +422%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +433%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +433%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↑ +443%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↑ +449%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↑ +470%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,381.00 ↑ +471%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $3,625.49 ↑ +513%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,571.27 ↑ +673%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +699%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,125.69 ↑ +766%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $5,642.52 ↑ +854%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $6,403.19 ↑ +982%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $9,457.80 ↑ +1498%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $10,245.95 ↑ +1632%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $6,385.15 $164.46 – $9,577.72
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,446.54 $153.70 – $8,058.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,001.74 $153.70 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $6,385.15 $153.70 – $9,577.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $6,446.54 $153.70 – $9,669.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,001.74 $153.70 – $7,896.23

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