Electrophysiology evaluation 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

$3,832.50

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$21,900.00

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.

$6,434.62 with KELSEY vs $24,701.27 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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $6,434.62 ↑ +68%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $7,448.39 ↑ +94%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7,600.39 ↑ +98%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $7,600.39 ↑ +98%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $7,752.40 ↑ +102%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $7,828.40 ↑ +104%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8,132.42 ↑ +112%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $8,239.99 ↑ +115%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $8,298.85 ↑ +117%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $8,740.45 ↑ +128%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8,828.57 ↑ +130%
United Commercial|Exchange $9,379.00 ↑ +145%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9,711.42 ↑ +153%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $10,731.00 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $10,731.00 ↑ +180%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $10,883.54 ↑ +184%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $11,020.57 ↑ +188%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $11,400.59 ↑ +197%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $12,045.00 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $12,264.00 ↑ +220%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $13,220.26 ↑ +245%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $13,359.00 ↑ +249%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $13,601.09 ↑ +255%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,403.00 ↑ +380%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $18,615.00 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $21,900.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $22,801.17 ↑ +495%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $24,701.27 ↑ +545%

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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $14,581.73 $4,680.73 – $21,872.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $13,879.96 $3,932.65 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $14,581.73 $3,001.41 – $21,872.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $14,029.39 $2,805.88 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $13,879.96 $3,701.32 – $18,500.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $14,581.73 $7,533.89 – $21,872.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $14,029.39 $4,676.46 – $21,044.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $13,879.96 $3,701.32 – $18,500.61

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