Lidocaine therapeutic drug level 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

$37.10

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.

$212.00

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.

$12.34 with SUPERIOR vs $180.20 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 $12.34 ↓ -67%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.59 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.59 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.96 ↓ -65%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $12.96 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $12.96 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Exchange $13.22 ↓ -64%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $14.40 ↓ -61%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $14.69 ↓ -60%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $14.69 ↓ -60%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.69 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $14.98 ↓ -60%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $15.13 ↓ -59%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.72 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $15.99 ↓ -57%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $16.89 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $21.30 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $22.04 ↓ -41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $23.20 ↓ -37%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $23.20 ↓ -37%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26.15 ↓ -30%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.27 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $27.77 ↓ -25%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $28.56 ↓ -23%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $29.38 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $31.72 ↓ -15%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $33.05 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $43.23 ↑ +17%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $44.07 ↑ +19%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $47.74 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $51.56 ↑ +39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $51.56 ↑ +39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $52.59 ↑ +42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $60.67 ↑ +64%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $116.60 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $118.72 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $129.32 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $180.20 ↑ +386%

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Lidocaine therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $139.49 $12.00 – $209.24
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $129.40 $10.00 – $161.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $139.49 $12.00 – $209.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $116.11 $12.00 – $145.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $129.40 $10.00 – $161.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $139.49 $8.00 – $209.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $116.11 $12.00 – $174.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $129.40 $10.00 – $161.75

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