Bundled special stain group 2 at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$102.03
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.
$583.00
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.
$31.11 with United vs $495.55 with Multiplan — 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $31.11 | ↓ -70% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $32.46 | ↓ -68% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $56.21 | ↓ -45% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $60.61 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $72.41 | ↓ -29% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $75.71 | ↓ -26% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $108.28 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $117.34 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $117.34 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $119.68 | ↑ +17% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $126.53 | ↑ +24% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↑ +27% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↑ +27% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $131.69 | ↑ +29% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $132.98 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $138.07 | ↑ +35% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $138.15 | ↑ +35% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $148.48 | ↑ +46% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $153.15 | ↑ +50% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $187.21 | ↑ +83% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $193.67 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $208.77 | ↑ +105% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $320.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $326.48 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $355.63 | ↑ +249% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $387.33 | ↑ +280% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $419.61 | ↑ +311% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $495.55 | ↑ +386% |
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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $306.90 | $36.00 – $265.73 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $238.37 | $128.71 – $128.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $306.90 | $35.00 – $287.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $306.90 | $36.00 – $265.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $306.90 | $34.41 – $215.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $306.90 | $35.00 – $287.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $306.90 | $26.00 – $265.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $306.90 | $36.00 – $258.08 |