Echo transthoracic at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$1,155.18
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.
$6,601.00
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.
$220.19 with SUPERIOR vs $6,601.00 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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $220.19 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $224.59 | ↓ -81% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $224.59 | ↓ -81% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $231.20 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $231.20 | ↓ -80% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $231.20 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $347.12 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $408.17 | ↓ -65% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $413.96 | ↓ -64% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $413.96 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $432.59 | ↓ -63% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $480.85 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $481.43 | ↓ -58% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $486.62 | ↓ -58% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $495.43 | ↓ -57% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $538.21 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↓ -52% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $560.17 | ↓ -52% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $565.67 | ↓ -51% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $587.63 | ↓ -49% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $631.57 | ↓ -45% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $796.33 | ↓ -31% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $823.79 | ↓ -29% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $865.17 | ↓ -25% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $976.58 | ↓ -15% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,033.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,080.50 | ↓ -6% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,647.57 | ↑ +43% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,784.87 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,026.00 | ↑ +75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $3,234.49 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,234.49 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,630.55 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,696.56 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,026.61 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,610.85 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $6,601.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Echo transthoracic at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,646.00 | $230.60 – $3,969.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,646.00 | $215.51 – $3,307.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,646.00 | $526.78 – $3,969.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,646.00 | $215.51 – $3,307.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,646.00 | $215.51 – $3,307.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,646.00 | $215.51 – $3,969.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,646.00 | $215.51 – $3,969.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,646.00 | $215.51 – $3,307.50 |