CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast 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

$114.10

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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.

$652.00

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.

$102.15 with KELSEY vs $3,289.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $102.15 ↓ -10%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $104.38 ↓ -9%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $104.75 ↓ -8%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -7%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $106.84 ↓ -6%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $106.84 ↓ -6%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -5%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $109.99 ↓ -4%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $109.99 ↓ -4%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $109.99 ↓ -4%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -0%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $122.49 ↑ +7%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $154.44 ↑ +35%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↑ +40%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $173.80 ↑ +52%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $176.96 ↑ +55%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $181.01 ↑ +59%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $194.62 ↑ +71%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $194.95 ↑ +71%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $196.93 ↑ +73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $196.93 ↑ +73%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $231.50 ↑ +103%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $234.79 ↑ +106%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $235.69 ↑ +107%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $260.64 ↑ +128%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $268.60 ↑ +135%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $277.19 ↑ +143%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $306.15 ↑ +168%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $316.00 ↑ +177%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $319.53 ↑ +180%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $346.16 ↑ +203%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $731.00 ↑ +541%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $850.00 ↑ +645%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $998.00 ↑ +775%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +1369%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,289.00 ↑ +2783%

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CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,731.74 $398.21 – $398.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.33 $49.47 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $240.33 $104.75 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00

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