Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step helicobacter pylori stool 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

$39.20

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.

$224.00

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.

$12.08 with SUPERIOR vs $190.40 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 $12.08 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.32 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.32 ↓ -69%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.68 ↓ -68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.68 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.68 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.94 ↓ -67%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $14.10 ↓ -64%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↓ -63%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.38 ↓ -63%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $14.67 ↓ -63%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $14.81 ↓ -62%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.39 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $15.66 ↓ -60%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $16.54 ↓ -58%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $20.85 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $21.57 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $22.71 ↓ -42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $22.71 ↓ -42%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $25.60 ↓ -35%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $26.70 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.18 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $27.97 ↓ -29%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $28.76 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $31.72 ↓ -19%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $32.36 ↓ -17%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $43.14 ↑ +10%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.23 ↑ +10%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $46.73 ↑ +19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $50.47 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $50.47 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $51.48 ↑ +31%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $59.39 ↑ +52%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $123.20 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $125.44 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $136.64 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $190.40 ↑ +386%

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