Kit cath f 8f w/glv + wipe ster at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$14.53
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.
$83.00
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.
$11.69 with BCBS-TX vs $83.00 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $11.69 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $13.56 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $14.45 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $16.00 | ↑ +10% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.67 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $40.67 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $45.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $46.48 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $50.63 | ↑ +248% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $70.55 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $83.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Kit cath f 8f w/glv + wipe ster at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $12.34 | $9.34 – $9.34 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $14.53 | $10.58 – $74.70 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $14.53 | $11.69 – $92.13 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $12.34 | $9.34 – $38.98 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $14.53 | $11.69 – $74.70 |
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $19.08 | $9.09 – $10.15 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $12.34 | $8.93 – $8.93 |
| Covenant Hospital Levelland | Levelland | $12.34 | $8.93 – $8.93 |