Evaluation psychiatric diagnostic 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

$52.68

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.

$301.00

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.

$139.25 with KELSEY vs $523.02 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 $139.25 ↑ +164%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $147.49 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $147.49 ↑ +180%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $157.72 ↑ +199%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $160.93 ↑ +205%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $160.93 ↑ +205%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $164.15 ↑ +212%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $165.55 ↑ +214%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $165.76 ↑ +215%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $168.56 ↑ +220%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $172.20 ↑ +227%
United Commercial|Exchange $183.00 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $183.61 ↑ +249%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $185.07 ↑ +251%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $233.35 ↑ +343%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $239.57 ↑ +355%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $241.40 ↑ +358%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $255.85 ↑ +386%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $282.24 ↑ +436%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $299.00 ↑ +468%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $301.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $360.00 ↑ +583%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $482.79 ↑ +816%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $523.02 ↑ +893%

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Evaluation psychiatric diagnostic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $353.60 $113.00 – $530.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $384.35 $108.90 – $480.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $353.60 $72.78 – $530.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.20 $68.44 – $427.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $384.35 $102.49 – $480.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $353.60 $182.70 – $530.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $342.20 $113.00 – $513.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $384.35 $102.49 – $480.44

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