Exc feenl mal+mrg 0.6-1 11641 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

$57.23

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.

$327.00

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.

$134.55 with SUPERIOR vs $3,943.00 with Cigna — 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 $134.55 ↑ +135%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $137.24 ↑ +140%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $137.24 ↑ +140%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $141.28 ↑ +147%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $141.28 ↑ +147%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $141.28 ↑ +147%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $179.85 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $183.12 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $199.47 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $219.28 ↑ +283%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $220.85 ↑ +286%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $234.95 ↑ +311%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $252.95 ↑ +342%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $252.95 ↑ +342%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $258.44 ↑ +352%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $277.95 ↑ +386%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $297.36 ↑ +420%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $302.74 ↑ +429%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $327.00 ↑ +471%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $620.23 ↑ +984%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $690.64 ↑ +1107%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +1131%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +1131%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $718.82 ↑ +1156%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $725.87 ↑ +1168%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $754.06 ↑ +1218%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $810.44 ↑ +1316%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,021.86 ↑ +1686%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,057.10 ↑ +1747%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,114.23 ↑ +1847%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,245.48 ↑ +2076%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $1,391.71 ↑ +2332%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +2535%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,114.19 ↑ +3594%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,290.37 ↑ +3902%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +4946%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +5072%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +6790%

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