Dialysis one evaluation at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$297.85
Cash price 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.
$1,702.00
Gross charge 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.
$364.71 with KELSEY vs $1,702.00 with BCBS-TX — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $364.71 | ↑ +22% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $417.98 | ↑ +40% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $426.51 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $426.51 | ↑ +43% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $435.04 | ↑ +46% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $439.31 | ↑ +47% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $456.37 | ↑ +53% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $490.49 | ↑ +65% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $618.44 | ↑ +108% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $639.77 | ↑ +115% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $651.34 | ↑ +119% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $784.04 | ↑ +163% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $813.89 | ↑ +173% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $833.98 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $833.98 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $936.10 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $953.12 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,038.22 | ↑ +249% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,279.53 | ↑ +330% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,386.16 | ↑ +365% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,446.70 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,702.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Dialysis one evaluation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,775.84 | $398.20 – $2,663.77 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,775.84 | $398.20 – $2,219.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,775.84 | $365.53 – $2,663.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,775.84 | $355.17 – $2,219.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,775.84 | $398.20 – $2,219.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,775.84 | $917.52 – $2,663.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,775.84 | $398.20 – $2,663.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,775.84 | $398.20 – $2,219.80 |