Esophageal dilat s&i at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$158.03
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.
$903.00
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.
$65.44 with BCBS-TX vs $903.00 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $65.44 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $72.65 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $77.26 | ↓ -51% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $85.34 | ↓ -46% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $179.00 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↑ +122% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $442.47 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $442.47 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $496.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $505.68 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $550.83 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $767.55 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $903.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Esophageal dilat s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $647.65 | $117.91 – $971.48 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $330.65 | $57.66 – $468.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $647.65 | $96.87 – $971.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $582.56 | $96.87 – $728.21 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $330.65 | $66.02 – $468.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $647.65 | $334.62 – $971.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $582.56 | $96.87 – $873.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $330.65 | $57.66 – $468.43 |