Brachy source i-125 injection at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$54.43
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.
$311.00
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.
$36.36 with PGT vs $311.00 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.
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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| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $36.36 | ↓ -33% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $36.46 | ↓ -33% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $37.10 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $37.10 | ↓ -32% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $37.84 | ↓ -30% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $38.21 | ↓ -30% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $39.70 | ↓ -27% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $42.66 | ↓ -22% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $53.80 | ↓ -1% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $55.65 | ↑ +2% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $62.20 | ↑ +14% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $66.95 | ↑ +23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $68.42 | ↑ +26% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $77.62 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $77.75 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $83.68 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $83.97 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $90.19 | ↑ +66% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $96.41 | ↑ +77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $96.41 | ↑ +77% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $102.63 | ↑ +89% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $111.30 | ↑ +104% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $120.58 | ↑ +122% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $171.05 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $174.16 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $189.71 | ↑ +249% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $217.70 | ↑ +300% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $264.35 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $311.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Brachy source i-125 injection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $54.43 | $39.63 – $279.90 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $54.43 | $62.20 – $345.21 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $54.43 | $62.20 – $279.90 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $133.02 – $133.02 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $63.23 – $63.23 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $63.23 – $63.23 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $135.44 – $135.44 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $63.23 – $63.23 |