Ins picc wo subq prt/pmp w image guidnc <5yr 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

$296.63

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.

$1,695.00

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.

$235.39 with SUPERIOR vs $5,066.00 with Cigna — 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 $235.39 ↓ -21%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $240.10 ↓ -19%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $240.10 ↓ -19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $247.16 ↓ -17%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $247.16 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $247.16 ↓ -17%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $442.53 ↑ +49%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $442.53 ↑ +49%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $520.21 ↑ +75%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $529.63 ↑ +79%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $552.88 ↑ +86%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $606.88 ↑ +105%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $619.26 ↑ +109%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $619.26 ↑ +109%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $631.65 ↑ +113%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $637.84 ↑ +115%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $662.61 ↑ +123%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $712.15 ↑ +140%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $882.71 ↑ +198%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $889.02 ↑ +200%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $897.93 ↑ +203%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $928.89 ↑ +213%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $932.25 ↑ +214%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $945.77 ↑ +219%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $949.20 ↑ +220%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $967.84 ↑ +226%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,033.95 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,040.34 ↑ +251%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,112.06 ↑ +275%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $1,211.92 ↑ +309%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,440.75 ↑ +386%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +408%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,695.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,857.78 ↑ +526%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,012.60 ↑ +578%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +898%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,711.00 ↑ +1151%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,066.00 ↑ +1608%

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