Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution 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

$4.76

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.

$27.19

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.

$4.63 with Cigna vs $58.70 with NX Health — 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
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4.63 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $4.63 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Exchange $5.44 ↑ +14%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.98 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.79 ↑ +106%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $14.96 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $15.23 ↑ +220%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $15.84 ↑ +233%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $16.59 ↑ +249%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.26 ↑ +263%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $17.70 ↑ +272%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $18.06 ↑ +279%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $18.42 ↑ +287%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $18.60 ↑ +291%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $18.77 ↑ +294%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19.32 ↑ +306%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $20.77 ↑ +336%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $23.12 ↑ +386%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $26.19 ↑ +450%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $27.09 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $27.19 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $27.19 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $27.19 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $27.19 ↑ +471%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $32.18 ↑ +576%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $35.44 ↑ +645%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $54.18 ↑ +1038%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $58.70 ↑ +1133%

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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $129.63 $52.36 – $52.36
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $75.16 $50.86 – $65.82
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $66.80 $18.08 – $136.94
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $58.45 $14.82 – $125.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $31.09 $12.24 – $88.81
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $4.76 $3.47 – $24.48
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $130.14 $19.18 – $390.42
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $31.09 $14.82 – $88.81

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