Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml 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

$12.02

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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.

$68.64

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.

$11.67 with Cigna vs $2,418.32 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
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $11.67 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $11.67 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Exchange $13.73 ↑ +14%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $22.66 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24.72 ↑ +106%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $37.76 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $38.44 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $41.88 ↑ +248%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $58.35 ↑ +385%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $68.64 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $68.64 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $68.64 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $68.64 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $68.64 ↑ +471%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $610.42 ↑ +4978%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $715.88 ↑ +5856%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $729.22 ↑ +5967%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $744.10 ↑ +6091%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $758.98 ↑ +6214%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $766.42 ↑ +6276%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $796.19 ↑ +6524%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $855.72 ↑ +7019%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,078.94 ↑ +8876%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,116.15 ↑ +9186%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,264.90 ↑ +10423%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $1,425.58 ↑ +11760%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,232.30 ↑ +18472%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,418.32 ↑ +20019%

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Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $2,286.14 $714.72 – $5,220.54
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,267.96 $749.23 – $5,220.54
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,254.11 $714.72 – $5,220.54
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $956.10 $556.73 – $2,731.71
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $2,311.88 $714.72 – $5,220.54
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $956.10 $600.98 – $2,731.71
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $956.10 $600.98 – $2,731.71
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $956.10 $600.98 – $2,731.71

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