Bacterial meningitis antigen at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$53.38
Cash price 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.
$305.00
Gross charge 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.
$9.69 with SUPERIOR vs $259.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $9.69 | ↓ -82% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $9.88 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $9.88 | ↓ -81% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $10.17 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $10.17 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $10.17 | ↓ -81% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $10.39 | ↓ -81% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $11.31 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $11.31 | ↓ -79% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $11.54 | ↓ -78% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $11.54 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $11.54 | ↓ -78% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -78% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $11.89 | ↓ -78% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $12.35 | ↓ -77% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $13.27 | ↓ -75% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $16.73 | ↓ -69% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $17.31 | ↓ -68% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $18.22 | ↓ -66% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $18.22 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.20 | ↓ -62% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $20.54 | ↓ -62% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $21.41 | ↓ -60% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $21.80 | ↓ -59% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $23.08 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $24.91 | ↓ -53% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $25.96 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $33.96 | ↓ -36% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $34.62 | ↓ -35% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $37.50 | ↓ -30% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $40.51 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $40.51 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $41.31 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $47.66 | ↓ -11% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $167.75 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $170.80 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $186.05 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $259.25 | ↑ +386% |
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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $156.10 | $10.37 – $234.14 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $117.44 | $9.69 – $146.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $156.10 | $12.00 – $234.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $109.16 | $9.69 – $136.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $117.44 | $9.69 – $146.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $156.10 | $8.00 – $234.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $109.16 | $9.69 – $163.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $117.44 | $9.69 – $146.80 |