Ghs corneal fb with slit lamp bilat 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

$131.25

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.

$750.00

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.

$60.00 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 $60.00 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $61.20 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $61.20 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $63.00 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $63.00 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $63.00 ↓ -52%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $110.97 ↓ -15%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $112.80 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $112.80 ↓ -14%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $126.53 ↓ -4%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -2%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $129.11 ↓ -2%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $131.69 ↑ +0%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $132.60 ↑ +1%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $132.98 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $135.00 ↑ +3%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $138.15 ↑ +5%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $148.48 ↑ +13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $152.64 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $153.73 ↑ +17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $163.55 ↑ +25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $179.90 ↑ +37%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $187.21 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $193.67 ↑ +48%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $201.91 ↑ +54%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $226.12 ↑ +72%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $250.49 ↑ +91%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $367.50 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $367.50 ↑ +180%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $387.33 ↑ +195%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $412.50 ↑ +214%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $419.61 ↑ +220%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $420.00 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $457.50 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $637.50 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $750.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1049%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +2155%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $287.87 $85.00 – $431.80
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $282.50 $56.50 – $353.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $362.21 $96.59 – $452.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $287.87 $148.73 – $431.80
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