Ecg external < 48 hours recording at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$251.65
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.
$1,438.00
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.
$89.00 with United vs $1,438.00 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $89.00 | ↓ -65% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $110.97 | ↓ -56% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $126.53 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↓ -49% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $131.69 | ↓ -48% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $132.98 | ↓ -47% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $138.15 | ↓ -45% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $148.48 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $175.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $187.21 | ↓ -26% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $193.67 | ↓ -23% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $201.91 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $216.97 | ↓ -14% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $226.12 | ↓ -10% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $250.49 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $255.13 | ↑ +1% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $270.39 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $300.92 | ↑ +20% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $387.33 | ↑ +54% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $419.61 | ↑ +67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $704.62 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $704.62 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $790.90 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $805.28 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $877.18 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,222.30 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,438.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Ecg external < 48 hours recording at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $762.46 | $126.97 – $1,143.68 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $598.24 | $126.97 – $747.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $762.46 | $156.94 – $1,143.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $877.25 | $126.97 – $1,096.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $598.24 | $126.97 – $917.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $762.46 | $316.45 – $1,143.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $877.25 | $126.97 – $1,315.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $598.24 | $126.97 – $747.80 |