Exc snhfg mal+mrg 1.1-2 11622 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

$69.13

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.

$395.00

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.

$140.38 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 $140.38 ↑ +103%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $143.19 ↑ +107%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $143.19 ↑ +107%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $147.40 ↑ +113%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $147.40 ↑ +113%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $147.40 ↑ +113%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $217.25 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $221.20 ↑ +220%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $230.90 ↑ +234%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $232.55 ↑ +236%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $240.95 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $247.40 ↑ +258%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $263.91 ↑ +282%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $263.91 ↑ +282%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $272.13 ↑ +294%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $310.24 ↑ +349%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $315.86 ↑ +357%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $335.75 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $395.00 ↑ +471%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $620.23 ↑ +797%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $690.64 ↑ +899%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +919%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $704.73 ↑ +919%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $718.82 ↑ +940%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $725.87 ↑ +950%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $754.06 ↑ +991%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $810.44 ↑ +1072%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,021.86 ↑ +1378%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,057.10 ↑ +1429%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,114.23 ↑ +1512%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,245.48 ↑ +1702%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $1,391.71 ↑ +1913%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +2081%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,114.19 ↑ +2958%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,290.37 ↑ +3213%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +4078%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +4182%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +5604%

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