Inj., meropenem, vaborbactam at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$26.14
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.
$149.35
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.
$1.89 with KELSEY vs $149.35 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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| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $1.89 | ↓ -93% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2.10 | ↓ -92% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $2.12 | ↓ -92% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $2.14 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $2.18 | ↓ -92% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $2.22 | ↓ -92% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $2.25 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $2.28 | ↓ -91% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $2.33 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2.49 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.49 | ↓ -90% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $2.51 | ↓ -90% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $3.16 | ↓ -88% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $3.27 | ↓ -87% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.47 | ↓ -87% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3.52 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $3.71 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $3.81 | ↓ -85% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $3.86 | ↓ -85% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $3.94 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $4.36 | ↓ -83% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $6.54 | ↓ -75% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7.08 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $82.15 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $83.64 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $91.11 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $126.95 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $149.35 | ↑ +471% |
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Inj., meropenem, vaborbactam at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $670.10 | $3.23 – $5.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,981.22 | $3.23 – $5.49 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $281.22 | $1.49 – $734.39 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $26.14 | $2.10 – $134.42 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $618.43 | $2.40 – $3,710.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $1,007.81 | $3.23 – $5.49 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $281.22 | $1.80 – $734.39 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $281.22 | $1.80 – $734.39 |