Calcium ionized 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

$59.33

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.

$339.00

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.

$11.49 with SUPERIOR vs $288.15 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.

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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 $11.49 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.72 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.72 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.06 ↓ -80%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.06 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.06 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.31 ↓ -79%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $13.41 ↓ -77%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $13.68 ↓ -77%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $13.68 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $13.68 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $13.95 ↓ -76%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $14.09 ↓ -76%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $14.64 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $14.90 ↓ -75%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -73%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $19.84 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $20.52 ↓ -65%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $21.60 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $21.60 ↓ -64%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $24.35 ↓ -59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.39 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.85 ↓ -56%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26.60 ↓ -55%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $27.36 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $30.19 ↓ -49%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $30.78 ↓ -48%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $41.04 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $41.15 ↓ -31%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $44.46 ↓ -25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $48.02 ↓ -19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $48.02 ↓ -19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $48.97 ↓ -17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $56.50 ↓ -5%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $186.45 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $189.84 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $206.79 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $288.15 ↑ +386%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $143.39 $12.00 – $215.09
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $139.21 $10.00 – $174.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $143.39 $8.00 – $215.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $108.36 $11.49 – $162.54

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