Gastroesophageal reflux test at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$492.10
Cash price 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.
$2,812.00
Gross charge 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.
$229.46 with UNITED 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $229.46 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $282.56 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $332.26 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $352.14 | ↓ -28% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $391.89 | ↓ -20% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $462.02 | ↓ -6% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $506.16 | ↑ +3% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $520.84 | ↑ +6% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $531.46 | ↑ +8% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $531.46 | ↑ +8% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $542.09 | ↑ +10% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $547.40 | ↑ +11% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $568.66 | ↑ +16% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $611.18 | ↑ +24% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $770.62 | ↑ +57% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $797.19 | ↑ +62% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $874.02 | ↑ +78% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $948.80 | ↑ +93% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,091.45 | ↑ +122% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,377.88 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $1,377.88 | ↑ +180% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +206% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,546.60 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,574.72 | ↑ +220% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,594.38 | ↑ +224% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,715.32 | ↑ +249% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,727.24 | ↑ +251% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,390.20 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $2,812.00 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +502% |
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Gastroesophageal reflux test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,323.71 | $356.12 – $1,985.57 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,393.53 | $356.12 – $1,741.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,323.71 | $272.46 – $1,985.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,092.39 | $218.48 – $1,365.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,393.53 | $332.26 – $1,741.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,323.71 | $683.92 – $1,985.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,092.39 | $356.12 – $1,638.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,393.53 | $356.12 – $1,741.91 |