Cholesterol at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$31.50
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.
$180.00
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.
$3.65 with SUPERIOR vs $153.00 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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $3.65 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $3.72 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $3.72 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $3.83 | ↓ -88% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $3.83 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $3.83 | ↓ -88% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $3.92 | ↓ -88% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $4.27 | ↓ -86% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $4.35 | ↓ -86% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $4.35 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $4.35 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $4.44 | ↓ -86% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $4.48 | ↓ -86% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $4.65 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $4.74 | ↓ -85% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $5.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $6.31 | ↓ -80% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $6.53 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $6.86 | ↓ -78% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $6.86 | ↓ -78% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7.74 | ↓ -75% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $8.07 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $8.21 | ↓ -74% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $8.70 | ↓ -72% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $9.79 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $9.82 | ↓ -69% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $13.05 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.38 | ↓ -58% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $14.14 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $15.27 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $15.27 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $15.57 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $17.97 | ↓ -43% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $99.00 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $100.80 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $109.80 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $153.00 | ↑ +386% |
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Cholesterol at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $61.91 | $3.91 – $16.02 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $185.22 | $3.92 – $16.75 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $58.93 | $3.65 – $13.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $61.91 | $2.20 – $16.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $55.91 | $3.65 – $13.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $58.93 | $3.65 – $13.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $61.91 | $3.65 – $16.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $55.91 | $3.65 – $16.02 |