Cell count w differential body fluid 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

$71.75

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.

$410.00

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.

$4.70 with SUPERIOR vs $348.50 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 $4.70 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.79 ↓ -93%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.79 ↓ -93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.93 ↓ -93%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.93 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $4.93 ↓ -93%
United Commercial|Exchange $5.04 ↓ -93%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $5.49 ↓ -92%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -92%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.60 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5.71 ↓ -92%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5.77 ↓ -92%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.99 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $6.00 ↓ -92%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $6.44 ↓ -91%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $8.12 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8.40 ↓ -88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $8.84 ↓ -88%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $8.84 ↓ -88%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $9.97 ↓ -86%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.39 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $10.57 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $10.71 ↓ -85%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $11.20 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $12.08 ↓ -83%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $12.60 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.47 ↓ -77%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $16.80 ↓ -77%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $18.20 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $19.66 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $19.66 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $20.05 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $23.13 ↓ -68%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $225.50 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $229.60 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $250.10 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $348.50 ↑ +386%

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