Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug 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

$103.25

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.

$590.00

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.

$33.71 with BCBS-TX vs $590.00 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.

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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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $33.71 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $39.64 ↓ -62%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $40.49 ↓ -61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $42.01 ↓ -59%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $45.29 ↓ -56%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $46.21 ↓ -55%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $46.21 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $46.75 ↓ -55%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $47.13 ↓ -54%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $47.20 ↓ -54%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $47.60 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $48.15 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $48.15 ↓ -53%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $49.44 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $49.56 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $49.56 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $49.56 ↓ -52%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $53.14 ↓ -49%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $67.00 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $69.32 ↓ -33%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $71.64 ↓ -31%
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↓ -25%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $84.08 ↓ -19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $88.74 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $88.74 ↓ -14%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $89.50 ↓ -13%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $104.32 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $106.20 ↑ +3%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $138.63 ↑ +34%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $150.18 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $152.00 ↑ +47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $289.10 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $289.10 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $324.50 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $330.40 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $359.90 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $501.50 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $590.00 ↑ +471%

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