Compatibility test incubate at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$100.45
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.
$574.00
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.
$11.50 with BCBS-TX vs $574.00 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.
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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $11.50 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $69.45 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $94.68 | ↓ -6% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $137.09 | ↑ +36% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $150.29 | ↑ +50% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $168.21 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $171.64 | ↑ +71% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $171.64 | ↑ +71% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $175.07 | ↑ +74% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $176.79 | ↑ +76% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $183.65 | ↑ +83% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $197.39 | ↑ +97% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $248.88 | ↑ +148% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $253.28 | ↑ +152% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $257.46 | ↑ +156% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $267.05 | ↑ +166% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $302.36 | ↑ +201% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $315.70 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $321.44 | ↑ +220% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $333.76 | ↑ +232% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $350.14 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $487.90 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $503.69 | ↑ +401% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $503.69 | ↑ +401% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $513.73 | ↑ +411% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $514.92 | ↑ +413% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $557.83 | ↑ +455% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $574.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Compatibility test incubate at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $647.07 | $120.02 – $339.75 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $957.45 | $120.02 – $339.75 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $554.35 | $120.02 – $339.75 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,040.20 | $120.02 – $339.75 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $869.82 | $120.02 – $339.75 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $48.83 | $76.00 – $193.77 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $133.70 | $36.95 – $382.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $100.45 | $11.50 – $516.60 |