Crotalidae poly immune fab 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

$495.09

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.

$2,829.08

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.

$480.95 with Cigna vs $6,138.49 with Wellpath — 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
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $480.95 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $480.95 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Exchange $565.82 ↑ +14%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $933.60 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,018.47 ↑ +106%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,556.00 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,584.29 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,725.74 ↑ +249%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,758.66 ↑ +255%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,826.87 ↑ +269%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,864.15 ↑ +277%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,901.43 ↑ +284%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,920.07 ↑ +288%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,985.79 ↑ +301%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,994.64 ↑ +303%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $2,143.77 ↑ +333%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,404.72 ↑ +386%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,703.02 ↑ +446%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,796.23 ↑ +465%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,829.08 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,829.08 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,829.08 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,829.08 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,829.08 ↑ +471%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,622.78 ↑ +632%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $5,592.45 ↑ +1030%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $6,058.49 ↑ +1124%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $6,138.49 ↑ +1140%

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Crotalidae poly immune fab at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $19,678.30 $1,755.81 – $31,660.06
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $33,776.37 $1,755.81 – $31,660.06
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $9,673.96 $6,513.97 – $12,768.74
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $7,192.81 $1,826.52 – $31,660.06
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $29,760.63 $1,826.52 – $31,660.06
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $32,570.48 $1,755.81 – $31,660.06
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $11,925.85 $2,878.20 – $34,073.83
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $495.09 $360.43 – $2,829.08

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