Diagnostic radio unlisted proc 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

$35.00

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.

$200.00

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.

$83.03 with KELSEY vs $301.69 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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $83.03 ↑ +137%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $86.43 ↑ +147%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $86.58 ↑ +147%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↑ +152%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↑ +152%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $88.31 ↑ +152%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $88.31 ↑ +152%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↑ +157%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↑ +160%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.91 ↑ +160%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $90.91 ↑ +160%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.91 ↑ +160%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↑ +170%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $101.42 ↑ +190%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $110.00 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $112.00 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $122.00 ↑ +249%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $127.88 ↑ +265%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.29 ↑ +278%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $144.84 ↑ +314%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $160.86 ↑ +360%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $162.77 ↑ +365%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $162.77 ↑ +365%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $170.00 ↑ +386%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $181.01 ↑ +417%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $181.17 ↑ +418%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $191.34 ↑ +447%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $194.81 ↑ +457%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $200.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $200.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $200.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $200.00 ↑ +471%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $220.53 ↑ +530%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $264.57 ↑ +656%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $286.62 ↑ +719%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $301.69 ↑ +762%

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Diagnostic radio unlisted proc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $2,679.11 $83.19 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31

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