Breath test analysis c-14 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$57.40
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.
$328.00
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.
$79.30 with SUPERIOR vs $2,193.00 with United — 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 | $79.30 | ↑ +38% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $80.89 | ↑ +41% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $80.89 | ↑ +41% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $83.27 | ↑ +45% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $83.27 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $83.27 | ↑ +45% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $92.53 | ↑ +61% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↑ +64% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↑ +64% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $94.41 | ↑ +64% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $96.30 | ↑ +68% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $97.24 | ↑ +69% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $101.02 | ↑ +76% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $108.57 | ↑ +89% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $136.89 | ↑ +138% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $141.62 | ↑ +147% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $149.08 | ↑ +160% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $149.08 | ↑ +160% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $154.16 | ↑ +169% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $168.05 | ↑ +193% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $175.25 | ↑ +205% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $178.43 | ↑ +211% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $180.40 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $183.68 | ↑ +220% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $188.82 | ↑ +229% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $193.52 | ↑ +237% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $200.08 | ↑ +249% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $212.42 | ↑ +270% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $214.31 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $237.91 | ↑ +314% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $253.02 | ↑ +341% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $278.80 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $279.45 | ↑ +387% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $283.23 | ↑ +393% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $306.83 | ↑ +435% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $328.00 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,117.00 | ↑ +1846% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,193.00 | ↑ +3721% |
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Breath test analysis c-14 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $401.25 | $84.85 – $601.88 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $197.34 | $79.30 – $246.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $401.25 | $82.59 – $601.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $421.31 | $79.30 – $526.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $197.34 | $79.30 – $246.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $401.25 | $79.30 – $601.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $421.31 | $79.30 – $631.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $197.34 | $79.30 – $246.68 |