Cath 2lum 14.5frx43cm maxid kt mahurkar 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

$1,189.65

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.

$6,798.00

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.

$211.20 with United vs $1,056.00 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
United Commercial|Exchange $211.20 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $232.32 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $264.00 ↓ -78%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $274.56 ↓ -77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $285.12 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $306.24 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $327.36 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $327.36 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $348.48 ↓ -71%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $580.80 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $591.36 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $644.16 ↓ -46%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $739.20 ↓ -38%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $897.60 ↓ -25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,056.00 ↓ -11%

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Cath 2lum 14.5frx43cm maxid kt mahurkar at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $368.97 $100.00 – $392.97
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,033.38 $32.20 – $153.30
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,189.65 $134.54 – $950.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $855.70 $144.59 – $867.51
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,033.38 $32.20 – $153.30
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,033.38 $32.20 – $153.30
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,033.38 $32.20 – $153.30
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $456.29 $82.42 – $446.41

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