Drug of abuse screen urine at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$14.00
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.
$80.00
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.
$10.58 with SUPERIOR vs $68.00 with Multiplan — 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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $10.58 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $10.79 | ↓ -23% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $10.79 | ↓ -23% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.11 | ↓ -21% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $11.11 | ↓ -21% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $11.11 | ↓ -21% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $11.34 | ↓ -19% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $12.35 | ↓ -12% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $12.35 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -10% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -10% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $12.60 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $12.85 | ↓ -8% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $12.98 | ↓ -7% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $13.48 | ↓ -4% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $14.49 | ↑ +4% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $18.27 | ↑ +31% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $18.90 | ↑ +35% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $19.89 | ↑ +42% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $19.89 | ↑ +42% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $22.05 | ↑ +58% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $22.43 | ↑ +60% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $23.38 | ↑ +67% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $23.80 | ↑ +70% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $25.20 | ↑ +80% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $27.18 | ↑ +94% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $28.35 | ↑ +103% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $37.05 | ↑ +165% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $37.80 | ↑ +170% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $40.95 | ↑ +193% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $44.00 | ↑ +214% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $44.23 | ↑ +216% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $44.23 | ↑ +216% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $44.80 | ↑ +220% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $45.11 | ↑ +222% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $48.80 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $52.04 | ↑ +272% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $68.00 | ↑ +386% |
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Drug of abuse screen urine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $312.74 | $11.32 – $469.12 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $225.74 | $11.34 – $48.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $106.41 | $10.00 – $133.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $312.74 | $12.00 – $469.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $85.78 | $10.58 – $107.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $106.41 | $10.00 – $133.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $312.74 | $8.00 – $469.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $85.78 | $10.58 – $128.67 |