Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$20.90
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.
$119.38
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.
$11.01 with United vs $119.38 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $11.01 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.77 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $11.77 | ↓ -44% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18.17 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $46.53 | ↑ +123% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $65.66 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $66.86 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $72.83 | ↑ +248% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $75.87 | ↑ +263% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $77.89 | ↑ +273% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $89.02 | ↑ +326% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $101.48 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $119.38 | ↑ +471% |
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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $268.61 | $129.82 – $129.82 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $826.69 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $2,170.07 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $951.07 | $31.57 – $134.63 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $948.51 | $9.16 – $608.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $2,104.69 | $9.16 – $608.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $2,091.60 | $9.18 – $608.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $207.27 | $15.72 – $592.20 |