Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$247.45
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.
$1,414.00
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.
$77.00 with United vs $1,414.00 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $77.00 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $78.88 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $92.76 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $98.31 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $109.41 | ↓ -56% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $113.12 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $115.39 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $115.39 | ↓ -53% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $118.78 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $118.78 | ↓ -52% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $118.78 | ↓ -52% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.00 | ↓ -39% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $197.42 | ↓ -20% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $206.81 | ↓ -16% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $211.03 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $211.03 | ↓ -15% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $212.67 | ↓ -14% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $212.67 | ↓ -14% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $215.25 | ↓ -13% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $217.36 | ↓ -12% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $225.80 | ↓ -9% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $242.68 | ↓ -2% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $250.00 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $254.52 | ↑ +3% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $305.99 | ↑ +24% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $316.55 | ↑ +28% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $366.29 | ↑ +48% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $379.42 | ↑ +53% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $455.36 | ↑ +84% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $633.09 | ↑ +156% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $685.85 | ↑ +177% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $692.86 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $692.86 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $777.70 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $791.84 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $862.54 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,201.90 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,414.00 | ↑ +471% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $304.45 | $97.73 – $530.97 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $307.07 | $152.61 – $152.61 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $314.60 | $89.14 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $304.45 | $62.67 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $362.20 | $72.44 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $314.60 | $83.89 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $304.45 | $157.30 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $362.20 | $119.71 – $543.29 |