Frozen plasma, pooled, sd 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

$156.28

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.

$893.00

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.

$47.00 with United vs $893.00 with BCBS-TX — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $47.00 ↓ -70%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $61.17 ↓ -61%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $62.41 ↓ -60%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $62.41 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $63.66 ↓ -59%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $64.28 ↓ -59%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $66.78 ↓ -57%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $71.77 ↓ -54%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $88.91 ↓ -43%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $90.49 ↓ -42%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $92.00 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $93.62 ↓ -40%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $112.32 ↓ -28%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $159.56 ↑ +2%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $187.23 ↑ +20%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $199.48 ↑ +28%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $202.83 ↑ +30%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $281.29 ↑ +80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $281.29 ↑ +80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $286.90 ↑ +84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $330.98 ↑ +112%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $437.57 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $437.57 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $491.15 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $500.08 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $544.73 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $759.05 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $893.00 ↑ +471%

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Frozen plasma, pooled, sd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $122.15 $94.00 – $349.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $156.28 $47.00 – $803.70
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $122.15 $88.00 – $349.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $122.15 $88.00 – $349.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $122.15 $88.00 – $349.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $156.28 $47.00 – $991.23
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $122.15 $88.00 – $349.00
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $156.28 $47.00 – $803.70

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