Contrast x-ray gallbladder at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$178.85
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.
$1,022.00
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.
$85.20 with SUPERIOR vs $1,022.00 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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $85.20 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $86.90 | ↓ -51% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $86.90 | ↓ -51% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $89.46 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $89.46 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $89.46 | ↓ -50% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $160.18 | ↓ -10% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $160.18 | ↓ -10% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $172.35 | ↓ -4% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $174.75 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -0% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $179.00 | ↑ +0% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $181.88 | ↑ +2% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $183.66 | ↑ +3% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $188.29 | ↑ +5% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $190.79 | ↑ +7% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $191.70 | ↑ +7% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $205.06 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $210.63 | ↑ +18% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $258.55 | ↑ +45% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $267.47 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $288.14 | ↑ +61% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $319.83 | ↑ +79% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $325.24 | ↑ +82% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↑ +96% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $399.51 | ↑ +123% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $413.64 | ↑ +131% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $459.19 | ↑ +157% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $488.35 | ↑ +173% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $534.93 | ↑ +199% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $539.37 | ↑ +202% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $562.10 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $572.32 | ↑ +220% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $579.51 | ↑ +224% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $623.42 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $868.70 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,022.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Contrast x-ray gallbladder at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $260.14 | $91.16 – $455.16 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $186.25 | $85.20 – $455.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $260.14 | $53.54 – $455.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $268.84 | $85.20 – $455.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $186.25 | $85.20 – $455.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $260.14 | $85.20 – $455.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $268.84 | $85.20 – $455.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $186.25 | $85.20 – $455.16 |