Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31505 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

$69.13

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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.

$395.00

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.

$59.12 with SUPERIOR vs $2,960.00 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
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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 $59.12 ↓ -14%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $60.30 ↓ -13%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $60.30 ↓ -13%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.08 ↓ -10%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $62.08 ↓ -10%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.08 ↓ -10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $89.94 ↑ +30%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $90.58 ↑ +31%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $96.36 ↑ +39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $106.00 ↑ +53%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $111.15 ↑ +61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $111.15 ↑ +61%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $130.66 ↑ +89%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $133.02 ↑ +92%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $170.83 ↑ +147%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $190.57 ↑ +176%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $193.55 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $193.55 ↑ +180%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $194.45 ↑ +181%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $194.45 ↑ +181%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $198.34 ↑ +187%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $200.28 ↑ +190%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $208.06 ↑ +201%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $217.25 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $221.20 ↑ +220%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $223.62 ↑ +223%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $240.95 ↑ +249%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $281.95 ↑ +308%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $291.68 ↑ +322%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $294.75 ↑ +326%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $335.75 ↑ +386%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $350.64 ↑ +407%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $367.83 ↑ +432%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $395.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $583.35 ↑ +744%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $631.96 ↑ +814%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +2081%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +4182%

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