Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$42.35

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.

$242.00

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.

$13.76 with SUPERIOR vs $205.70 with Multiplan — 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 $13.76 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.04 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.04 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.45 ↓ -66%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.45 ↓ -66%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.45 ↓ -66%
United Commercial|Exchange $14.74 ↓ -65%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -62%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -61%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -61%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.38 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $16.71 ↓ -61%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $16.87 ↓ -60%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $17.53 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $17.84 ↓ -58%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $18.84 ↓ -56%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $23.75 ↓ -44%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $24.57 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $25.87 ↓ -39%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $25.87 ↓ -39%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $29.16 ↓ -31%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $30.41 ↓ -28%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $30.96 ↓ -27%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $31.85 ↓ -25%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $32.76 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $35.49 ↓ -16%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $36.85 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $48.38 ↑ +14%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $49.14 ↑ +16%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $53.23 ↑ +26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $57.49 ↑ +36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $57.49 ↑ +36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $58.64 ↑ +38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $67.65 ↑ +60%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $133.10 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $135.52 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $147.62 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $205.70 ↑ +386%

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Gentamicin peak therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $119.90 $12.00 – $179.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $166.14 $10.00 – $207.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $119.90 $12.00 – $179.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $159.60 $12.00 – $199.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $166.14 $10.00 – $207.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $119.90 $8.00 – $179.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $159.60 $12.00 – $239.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $166.14 $10.00 – $207.68

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