Lead capillary 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

$30.45

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.

$174.00

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.

$10.17 with SUPERIOR vs $147.90 with Multiplan — 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 $10.17 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.37 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.37 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.68 ↓ -65%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.68 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.68 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Exchange $10.90 ↓ -64%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $11.87 ↓ -61%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -60%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -60%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.11 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $12.35 ↓ -59%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $12.47 ↓ -59%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12.96 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $13.18 ↓ -57%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $13.93 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $17.56 ↓ -42%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $18.17 ↓ -40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $19.12 ↓ -37%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $19.12 ↓ -37%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $21.56 ↓ -29%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $22.48 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $22.88 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.54 ↓ -23%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $24.22 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $26.42 ↓ -13%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $27.25 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $36.01 ↑ +18%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $36.33 ↑ +19%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $39.36 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $42.51 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $42.51 ↑ +40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $43.35 ↑ +42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $50.01 ↑ +64%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $95.70 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $97.44 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $106.14 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $147.90 ↑ +386%

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