Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$192.68

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.

$1,101.00

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.

$65.49 with SUPERIOR vs $1,101.00 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 $65.49 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $66.80 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $66.80 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $68.76 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $68.76 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $68.76 ↓ -64%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $102.15 ↓ -47%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $104.38 ↓ -46%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -44%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -43%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -41%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $122.49 ↓ -36%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $123.12 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $123.12 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $127.29 ↓ -34%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $144.73 ↓ -25%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $147.35 ↓ -24%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $154.44 ↓ -20%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $174.14 ↓ -10%
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↓ -7%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $194.62 ↑ +1%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $194.95 ↑ +1%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $243.83 ↑ +27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $254.42 ↑ +32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $282.44 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $300.37 ↑ +56%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $319.53 ↑ +66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $331.76 ↑ +72%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $346.16 ↑ +80%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↑ +82%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $605.55 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $616.56 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $671.61 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $935.85 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,101.00 ↑ +471%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $478.60 $70.07 – $717.89
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $478.60 $65.49 – $717.89
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