Contrast exam thoracic aorta 75605-26 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

$851.20

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.

$4,864.00

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.

$120.95 with SUPERIOR vs $17,596.99 with NX Health — 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 $120.95 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $123.37 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $123.37 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $127.00 ↓ -85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $127.00 ↓ -85%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $127.00 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $195.16 ↓ -77%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $227.39 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $227.39 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $266.98 ↓ -69%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $267.30 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $272.14 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↓ -59%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $2,675.20 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,723.84 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,967.04 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,134.40 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,864.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,864.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $4,864.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $4,864.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $4,864.00 ↑ +471%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $4,912.17 ↑ +477%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $5,306.18 ↑ +523%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5,414.46 ↑ +536%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5,414.46 ↑ +536%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5,522.75 ↑ +549%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5,576.89 ↑ +555%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5,793.47 ↑ +581%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $6,226.63 ↑ +632%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $7,850.97 ↑ +822%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8,121.69 ↑ +854%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8,538.48 ↑ +903%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $9,727.92 ↑ +1043%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $10,674.09 ↑ +1154%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $16,243.38 ↑ +1808%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $17,596.99 ↑ +1967%

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