Ethylene glycol -sendout 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

$46.55

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.

$266.00

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.

$12.52 with SUPERIOR vs $226.10 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.

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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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $12.52 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.77 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.77 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.15 ↓ -72%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.15 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $13.15 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Exchange $13.41 ↓ -71%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $14.61 ↓ -69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -68%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.90 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $15.20 ↓ -67%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $15.35 ↓ -67%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.94 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $16.23 ↓ -65%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $17.14 ↓ -63%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $21.61 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $22.35 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $23.54 ↓ -49%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $23.54 ↓ -49%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26.52 ↓ -43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.67 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $28.17 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.98 ↓ -38%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $29.80 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $32.46 ↓ -30%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $33.52 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $44.25 ↓ -5%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $44.70 ↓ -4%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $48.42 ↑ +4%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $52.30 ↑ +12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $52.30 ↑ +12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $53.34 ↑ +15%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $61.54 ↑ +32%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $146.30 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $148.96 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $162.26 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $226.10 ↑ +386%

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