Interrog dev eval icpms ip 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

$7.18

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.

$41.00

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.

$22.55 with Health Smart vs $152.00 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 $22.55 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $22.96 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $25.01 ↑ +248%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $33.45 ↑ +366%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $34.85 ↑ +385%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $36.61 ↑ +410%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $37.35 ↑ +420%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $37.35 ↑ +420%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $38.10 ↑ +431%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $38.47 ↑ +436%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $39.96 ↑ +457%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $41.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $41.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $41.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $41.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $41.00 ↑ +471%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $42.95 ↑ +498%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $54.16 ↑ +654%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $56.03 ↑ +680%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $66.68 ↑ +829%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $66.76 ↑ +830%
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↑ +972%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $83.11 ↑ +1058%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $112.05 ↑ +1461%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $121.39 ↑ +1591%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $152.00 ↑ +2017%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $77.49 $24.87 – $917.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $162.05 $35.62 – $202.57
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $137.72 $27.54 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $162.05 $35.62 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $77.49 $40.04 – $116.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $137.72 $35.62 – $206.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $162.05 $35.62 – $202.57

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