Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$56.35
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.
$322.00
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.
$11.25 with SUPERIOR vs $273.70 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 | $11.25 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.47 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $11.47 | ↓ -80% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.81 | ↓ -79% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.81 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $11.81 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $12.05 | ↓ -79% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $13.13 | ↓ -77% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $13.39 | ↓ -76% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $13.39 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $13.39 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $13.66 | ↓ -76% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $13.79 | ↓ -76% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $14.33 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $14.58 | ↓ -74% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $15.40 | ↓ -73% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $19.42 | ↓ -66% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $20.09 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $21.15 | ↓ -62% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $21.15 | ↓ -62% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $23.83 | ↓ -58% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $24.86 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $25.31 | ↓ -55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $26.04 | ↓ -54% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $26.78 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $29.45 | ↓ -48% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $30.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.14 | ↓ -29% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $40.17 | ↓ -29% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $43.52 | ↓ -23% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $47.00 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $47.00 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $47.94 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $55.30 | ↓ -2% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $177.10 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $180.32 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $196.42 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $273.70 | ↑ +386% |
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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $146.45 | $12.00 – $36.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $324.18 | $12.05 – $51.55 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $196.84 | $10.00 – $32.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $146.45 | $4.94 – $36.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $185.75 | $11.25 – $32.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $196.84 | $10.00 – $32.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $146.45 | $8.00 – $36.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $185.75 | $11.25 – $36.00 |