Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm 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

$570.85

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.

$3,262.00

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.

$537.90 with Health Smart vs $11,861.00 with United — 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
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $537.90 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $547.68 ↓ -4%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $596.58 ↑ +5%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $831.30 ↑ +46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $978.00 ↑ +71%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $1,176.37 ↑ +106%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,199.90 ↑ +110%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,199.90 ↑ +110%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,235.19 ↑ +116%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,235.19 ↑ +116%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,235.19 ↑ +116%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $2,211.58 ↑ +287%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,211.58 ↑ +287%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,599.78 ↑ +355%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,646.83 ↑ +364%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,847.06 ↑ +399%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $3,089.55 ↑ +441%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +452%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +452%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↑ +463%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↑ +469%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +486%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↑ +491%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $3,625.49 ↑ +535%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,879.79 ↑ +580%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,907.50 ↑ +585%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,156.92 ↑ +628%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,568.00 ↑ +700%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,571.27 ↑ +701%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,572.61 ↑ +701%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +728%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,125.69 ↑ +798%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $5,642.52 ↑ +888%
United Commercial|Exchange $6,045.00 ↑ +959%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $6,403.19 ↑ +1022%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $9,457.80 ↑ +1557%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $10,245.95 ↑ +1695%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,861.00 ↑ +1978%

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