Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$146.48
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.
$837.00
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.
$66.96 with SUPERIOR vs $837.00 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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $66.96 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $68.30 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $68.30 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $70.31 | ↓ -52% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $70.31 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $70.31 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $76.73 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $90.23 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $95.63 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $106.43 | ↓ -27% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $125.89 | ↓ -14% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $125.89 | ↓ -14% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $147.99 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $150.66 | ↑ +3% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $197.42 | ↑ +35% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $206.81 | ↑ +41% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $210.69 | ↑ +44% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $211.03 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $211.03 | ↑ +44% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $215.25 | ↑ +47% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $217.36 | ↑ +48% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $225.80 | ↑ +54% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $242.68 | ↑ +66% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $305.99 | ↑ +109% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $316.55 | ↑ +116% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $347.64 | ↑ +137% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $366.29 | ↑ +150% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $379.42 | ↑ +159% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $410.13 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $410.13 | ↑ +180% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $455.36 | ↑ +211% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $460.35 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $468.72 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $510.57 | ↑ +249% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $633.09 | ↑ +332% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $685.85 | ↑ +368% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $711.45 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $837.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $558.06 | $142.29 – $837.09 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,833.06 | $148.46 – $148.46 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $488.60 | $118.38 – $610.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $558.06 | $114.87 – $837.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $527.15 | $105.43 – $658.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $488.60 | $90.23 – $610.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $558.06 | $288.33 – $837.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $527.15 | $116.45 – $790.73 |