Destruction premal lesions 15/> 17004 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

$40.25

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.

$230.00

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.

$102.23 with SUPERIOR vs $3,943.00 with Cigna — 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 $102.23 ↑ +154%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $104.27 ↑ +159%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $104.27 ↑ +159%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $107.34 ↑ +167%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $107.34 ↑ +167%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $107.34 ↑ +167%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $126.50 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $128.80 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $140.30 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $151.07 ↑ +275%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $152.15 ↑ +278%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $161.87 ↑ +302%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $178.05 ↑ +342%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $192.19 ↑ +377%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $192.19 ↑ +377%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $195.50 ↑ +386%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $225.93 ↑ +461%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $230.00 ↑ +471%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $230.02 ↑ +471%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $356.55 ↑ +786%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $392.18 ↑ +874%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +894%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $400.18 ↑ +894%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $408.18 ↑ +914%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $412.19 ↑ +924%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $428.19 ↑ +964%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $460.21 ↑ +1043%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $580.26 ↑ +1342%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $600.27 ↑ +1391%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $618.87 ↑ +1438%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $705.86 ↑ +1654%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $773.84 ↑ +1823%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,200.54 ↑ +2883%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,300.59 ↑ +3131%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +3647%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +7075%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +7254%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +9696%

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