Critical care 30-74 minutes at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$1,019.73
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.
$5,827.00
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.
$733.73 with KELSEY vs $5,920.00 with United — 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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| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $733.73 | ↓ -28% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $827.11 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $843.98 | ↓ -17% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $843.98 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $860.86 | ↓ -16% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $869.30 | ↓ -15% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $903.06 | ↓ -11% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $970.58 | ↓ -5% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,223.77 | ↑ +20% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,265.97 | ↑ +24% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,326.65 | ↑ +30% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,333.72 | ↑ +31% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,549.93 | ↑ +52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,559.98 | ↑ +53% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,570.84 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,653.32 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,839.98 | ↑ +80% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2,531.94 | ↑ +148% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,738.69 | ↑ +169% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,742.93 | ↑ +169% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $3,016.00 | ↑ +196% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,204.85 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,263.12 | ↑ +220% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,437.93 | ↑ +237% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,554.47 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,952.95 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $5,827.00 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,920.00 | ↑ +481% |
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Critical care 30-74 minutes at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,062.22 | $788.30 – $4,593.33 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $7,379.79 | $2,566.64 – $2,566.64 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,540.23 | $719.73 – $3,175.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,062.22 | $630.31 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,595.72 | $719.14 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,540.23 | $677.39 – $6,643.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,062.22 | $1,582.15 – $4,593.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,595.72 | $788.30 – $5,393.58 |