Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study 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

$1,875.48

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.

$10,717.00

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.

$1,268.50 with KELSEY vs $10,717.00 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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,268.50 ↓ -32%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,281.44 ↓ -32%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↓ -30%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,307.59 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,333.74 ↓ -29%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,346.82 ↓ -28%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,399.12 ↓ -25%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $1,503.73 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,653.00 ↓ -12%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,896.01 ↑ +1%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,961.39 ↑ +5%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,339.85 ↑ +25%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,513.64 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,559.00 ↑ +36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,790.49 ↑ +49%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $2,922.14 ↑ +56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,097.81 ↑ +65%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,245.00 ↑ +73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,294.50 ↑ +76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,494.00 ↑ +86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,638.70 ↑ +94%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $3,922.77 ↑ +109%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $4,249.67 ↑ +127%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $5,894.35 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,001.52 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6,537.37 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $9,109.45 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $10,717.00 ↑ +471%

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Hc pet myocardial imaging metabolic eval single study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,979.25 $1,235.52 – $7,468.88
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,145.78 $607.97 – $5,371.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,979.25 $1,024.90 – $7,468.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,549.60 $709.92 – $5,371.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,145.78 $572.21 – $5,371.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,979.25 $2,572.61 – $7,468.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,549.60 $1,183.20 – $5,371.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,145.78 $572.21 – $5,371.00

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