Cystoscopy and treatment 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

$145.43

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.

$831.00

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.

$457.05 with Health Smart vs $11,227.32 with NX Health — 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
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $457.05 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $465.36 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $506.91 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $706.35 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $831.00 ↑ +471%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $1,202.33 ↑ +727%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,226.38 ↑ +743%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,226.38 ↑ +743%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,262.45 ↑ +768%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,262.45 ↑ +768%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,262.45 ↑ +768%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $2,260.38 ↑ +1454%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,260.38 ↑ +1454%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,480.17 ↑ +1605%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,497.89 ↑ +1618%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,657.15 ↑ +1727%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,657.33 ↑ +1727%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,705.24 ↑ +1760%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,923.06 ↑ +1910%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $3,063.20 ↑ +2006%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +2201%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $3,385.47 ↑ +2228%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,454.56 ↑ +2275%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,454.56 ↑ +2275%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,523.65 ↑ +2323%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,558.20 ↑ +2347%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,696.38 ↑ +2442%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $3,972.74 ↑ +2632%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,479.00 ↑ +2980%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,568.00 ↑ +3041%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $5,009.11 ↑ +3344%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5,181.84 ↑ +3463%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,505.10 ↑ +3685%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $6,171.22 ↑ +4143%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $6,883.56 ↑ +4633%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,788.00 ↑ +5943%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $10,363.68 ↑ +7026%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $11,227.32 ↑ +7620%

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