Artery x-rays adrenals 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

$2,525.43

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.

$14,431.00

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.

$172.75 with SUPERIOR vs $14,431.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $172.75 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $176.21 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $176.21 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $181.39 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $181.39 ↓ -93%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $181.39 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $306.04 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $324.77 ↓ -87%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $324.77 ↓ -87%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↓ -86%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $381.78 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $388.69 ↓ -85%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $418.67 ↓ -83%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,847.06 ↑ +13%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $3,089.55 ↑ +22%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +25%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +25%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↑ +27%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↑ +34%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $3,625.49 ↑ +44%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,571.27 ↑ +81%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +87%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,125.69 ↑ +103%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $5,642.52 ↑ +123%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $6,290.81 ↑ +149%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $6,403.19 ↑ +154%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6,983.63 ↑ +177%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $7,427.03 ↑ +194%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $7,937.05 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $8,081.36 ↑ +220%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $8,202.99 ↑ +225%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8,802.91 ↑ +249%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $9,457.80 ↑ +275%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $10,245.95 ↑ +306%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $12,266.35 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $14,431.00 ↑ +471%

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