Electrolyte panel at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$94.15
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.
$538.00
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.
$5.89 with SUPERIOR vs $457.30 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 | $5.89 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $6.01 | ↓ -94% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $6.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $6.18 | ↓ -93% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $6.18 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $6.18 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $6.31 | ↓ -93% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $6.87 | ↓ -93% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $7.01 | ↓ -93% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $7.01 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $7.01 | ↓ -93% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $7.15 | ↓ -92% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $7.22 | ↓ -92% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $7.50 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $7.63 | ↓ -92% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $8.06 | ↓ -91% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $10.16 | ↓ -89% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $10.52 | ↓ -89% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $11.07 | ↓ -88% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $11.07 | ↓ -88% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $12.48 | ↓ -87% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $13.02 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $13.25 | ↓ -86% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $13.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $14.02 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $15.09 | ↓ -84% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $15.77 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $20.58 | ↓ -78% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $21.03 | ↓ -78% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $22.78 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $24.61 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $24.61 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $25.10 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $28.95 | ↓ -69% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $295.90 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $301.28 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $328.18 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $457.30 | ↑ +386% |
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Electrolyte panel at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $124.07 | $6.30 – $186.10 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $218.99 | $6.31 – $26.99 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $131.96 | $5.89 – $164.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $124.07 | $10.27 – $186.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $104.73 | $5.89 – $130.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $131.96 | $5.89 – $164.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $124.07 | $5.89 – $186.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $104.73 | $5.89 – $157.09 |