EKG tracing for initial prev at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$1.93
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.
$11.00
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.
$6.05 with Health Smart vs $152.00 with United — 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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| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $6.05 | ↑ +213% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $6.16 | ↑ +219% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $6.71 | ↑ +248% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $9.35 | ↑ +384% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $11.00 | ↑ +470% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $11.00 | ↑ +470% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $11.00 | ↑ +470% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $11.00 | ↑ +470% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $11.00 | ↑ +470% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $23.85 | ↑ +1136% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $24.04 | ↑ +1146% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $24.53 | ↑ +1171% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $24.53 | ↑ +1171% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $25.02 | ↑ +1196% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $25.27 | ↑ +1209% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $26.25 | ↑ +1260% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $28.21 | ↑ +1362% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $35.57 | ↑ +1743% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $36.80 | ↑ +1807% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $44.23 | ↑ +2192% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $52.70 | ↑ +2631% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $55.19 | ↑ +2760% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $73.59 | ↑ +3713% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $77.00 | ↑ +3890% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $79.72 | ↑ +4031% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.00 | ↑ +7776% |
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EKG tracing for initial prev at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $23.10 | $18.25 – $30.65 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $223.90 | $11.86 – $58.11 |
| Covenant Hospital Levelland | Levelland | $23.10 | $18.65 – $30.65 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $33.30 – $33.30 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $20.24 – $78.41 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $20.24 – $78.41 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $29.50 – $29.50 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $20.24 – $78.41 |