Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$61.43
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.
$351.00
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.
$27.24 with BCBS-TX vs $351.00 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.
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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $27.24 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $28.08 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $28.65 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $28.65 | ↓ -53% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $29.49 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $29.49 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $29.49 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $32.03 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $33.95 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $37.78 | ↓ -38% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $40.49 | ↓ -34% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $45.29 | ↓ -26% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $46.14 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $46.21 | ↓ -25% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $46.21 | ↓ -25% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $47.13 | ↓ -23% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $47.60 | ↓ -23% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $49.44 | ↓ -20% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $52.80 | ↓ -14% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $52.80 | ↓ -14% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $53.14 | ↓ -13% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $62.06 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $63.18 | ↑ +3% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $67.00 | ↑ +9% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $69.32 | ↑ +13% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $71.64 | ↑ +17% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $76.13 | ↑ +24% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $84.08 | ↑ +37% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $89.50 | ↑ +46% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $138.63 | ↑ +126% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $150.18 | ↑ +144% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $171.99 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $171.99 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $193.05 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $196.56 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $214.11 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $298.35 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $351.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $200.22 | $44.69 – $300.33 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $357.20 | $52.71 – $52.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $190.67 | $42.03 – $238.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $200.22 | $41.21 – $300.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $241.37 | $41.34 – $301.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $190.67 | $32.03 – $238.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $200.22 | $103.45 – $300.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $241.37 | $41.34 – $362.05 |