Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern 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

$510.83

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.

$2,919.00

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.

$314.09 with SUPERIOR vs $2,919.00 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.

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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 $314.09 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $320.37 ↓ -37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $320.37 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $329.79 ↓ -35%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $329.79 ↓ -35%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $329.79 ↓ -35%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $482.16 ↓ -6%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $528.36 ↑ +3%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↑ +6%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $539.14 ↑ +6%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $549.92 ↑ +8%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $555.31 ↑ +9%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $576.88 ↑ +13%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $590.49 ↑ +16%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $590.49 ↑ +16%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $620.01 ↑ +21%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $694.14 ↑ +36%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $706.70 ↑ +38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $718.27 ↑ +41%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $781.75 ↑ +53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $797.38 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $808.71 ↑ +58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $848.01 ↑ +66%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $876.21 ↑ +72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $936.60 ↑ +83%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $956.82 ↑ +87%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $1,095.08 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +119%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,371.93 ↑ +169%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,605.45 ↑ +214%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,617.42 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,634.64 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,722.21 ↑ +237%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,752.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,780.59 ↑ +249%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,193.00 ↑ +329%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,481.15 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,919.00 ↑ +471%

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