Bag urine leg fbrc strap 32oz flipflo anti-reflux valve 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

$4.38

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.

$25.00

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.

$9.43 with BCBS-TX vs $25.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $9.43 ↑ +115%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $10.94 ↑ +150%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $11.66 ↑ +166%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $12.25 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $12.25 ↑ +180%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $12.90 ↑ +195%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $13.75 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $14.00 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $15.25 ↑ +248%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $21.25 ↑ +385%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $25.00 ↑ +471%

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Bag urine leg fbrc strap 32oz flipflo anti-reflux valve at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $4.38 $3.19 – $22.50
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $4.38 $9.07 – $27.75
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $4.38 $5.50 – $22.50
Ascension Providence Waco $12.78 $7.34 – $8.19
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $7.88 – $17.29
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $7.88 – $17.29
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $7.88 – $17.29
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $7.88 – $17.29

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