Bln inpact admiral 4x150x130cm 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

$3,123.75

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.

$17,850.00

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.

$1,966.80 with United vs $6,883.80 with PHCS — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $1,966.80 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,163.48 ↓ -31%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,458.50 ↓ -21%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,556.84 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,655.18 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,831.71 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,831.71 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,851.86 ↓ -9%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $3,178.45 ↑ +2%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,236.24 ↑ +4%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,245.22 ↑ +4%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,525.19 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,912.15 ↑ +57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5,779.00 ↑ +85%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $6,883.80 ↑ +120%

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Bln inpact admiral 4x150x130cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $5,332.32 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $6,967.44 $100.00 – $4,128.87
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $6,634.11 $100.00 – $5,415.90
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $3,123.75 $736.25 – $5,201.10
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,222.20 $100.00 – $6,151.01
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $6,634.11 $100.00 – $5,415.90
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $6,634.11 $100.00 – $5,415.90
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $6,634.11 $100.00 – $5,415.90

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