Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$97.13
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.
$555.00
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.
$107.76 with SUPERIOR vs $529.84 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 | $107.76 | ↑ +11% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $109.92 | ↑ +13% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $109.92 | ↑ +13% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $113.15 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $113.15 | ↑ +16% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $113.15 | ↑ +16% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $115.46 | ↑ +19% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $125.73 | ↑ +29% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +32% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +32% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $128.29 | ↑ +32% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $130.86 | ↑ +35% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $132.14 | ↑ +36% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $137.27 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $139.69 | ↑ +44% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $147.53 | ↑ +52% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $186.02 | ↑ +92% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $192.44 | ↑ +98% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $202.59 | ↑ +109% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $202.59 | ↑ +109% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $228.36 | ↑ +135% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $238.15 | ↑ +145% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $242.46 | ↑ +150% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $249.45 | ↑ +157% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $256.58 | ↑ +164% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $280.07 | ↑ +188% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $288.65 | ↑ +197% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $305.25 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $310.80 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $338.55 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $381.80 | ↑ +293% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $384.87 | ↑ +296% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $416.94 | ↑ +329% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $450.30 | ↑ +364% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $450.30 | ↑ +364% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $459.28 | ↑ +373% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $471.75 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $529.84 | ↑ +445% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $375.00 | $12.00 – $562.50 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $375.00 | $10.00 – $468.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $375.00 | $12.00 – $562.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $375.00 | $12.00 – $468.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $375.00 | $10.00 – $468.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $375.00 | $8.00 – $562.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $375.00 | $12.00 – $562.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $375.00 | $10.00 – $468.75 |