Electrocochleography 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

$15.93

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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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$91.00

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.

$50.05 with Health Smart vs $509.31 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
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $50.05 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $50.96 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $55.51 ↑ +248%
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↑ +383%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $77.35 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $91.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $91.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $91.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $91.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $91.00 ↑ +471%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $138.99 ↑ +773%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $152.00 ↑ +854%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $153.58 ↑ +864%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↑ +884%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↑ +884%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↑ +903%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↑ +913%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↑ +953%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $180.22 ↑ +1031%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $227.23 ↑ +1326%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.07 ↑ +1376%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.98 ↑ +1469%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $276.52 ↑ +1636%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $312.25 ↑ +1860%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $470.13 ↑ +2851%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $509.31 ↑ +3097%

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Electrocochleography at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $687.05 $122.80 – $1,030.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $687.05 $141.42 – $1,030.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $499.99 $100.00 – $624.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $687.05 $354.98 – $1,030.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $499.99 $122.80 – $749.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $687.05 $122.80 – $858.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $687.05 $122.80 – $1,030.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $499.99 $91.67 – $749.99

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