Fna bx w/ct gdn ea addl 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

$364.53

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.

$2,083.00

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.

$166.64 with SUPERIOR vs $2,960.00 with United — 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 $166.64 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $169.98 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $169.98 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $174.98 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $174.98 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $174.98 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $313.29 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $313.29 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $368.28 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $374.94 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,020.67 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,020.67 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,145.65 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,166.48 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,270.63 ↑ +249%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +314%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,770.55 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,083.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +712%

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