Cardiac perf spect sgl/ef/wm rst/strs 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

$1,351.88

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.

$7,725.00

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.

$315.75 with SUPERIOR vs $7,725.00 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 $315.75 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $322.06 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $322.06 ↓ -76%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $331.54 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $331.54 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $331.54 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $593.61 ↓ -56%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $593.61 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $643.02 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $697.81 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $710.44 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $713.84 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $759.16 ↓ -44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $838.48 ↓ -38%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↓ -17%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,268.50 ↓ -6%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,281.44 ↓ -5%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↓ -3%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↓ -3%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,333.74 ↓ -1%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,346.82 ↓ -0%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,399.12 ↑ +3%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $1,503.73 ↑ +11%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,896.01 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,961.39 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,193.00 ↑ +62%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,339.85 ↑ +73%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,513.64 ↑ +86%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $2,922.14 ↑ +116%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,630.75 ↑ +169%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $3,922.77 ↑ +190%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $4,248.75 ↑ +214%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $4,249.67 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,326.00 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,557.75 ↑ +237%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,712.25 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,566.25 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $7,725.00 ↑ +471%

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