Lig/band angioaccess av fistula 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

$928.20

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.

$5,304.00

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.

$569.80 with Health Smart vs $11,861.00 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 $569.80 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $580.16 ↓ -37%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $631.96 ↓ -32%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $880.60 ↓ -5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,036.00 ↑ +12%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $1,176.37 ↑ +27%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,199.90 ↑ +29%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,199.90 ↑ +29%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,235.19 ↑ +33%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,235.19 ↑ +33%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,235.19 ↑ +33%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,211.58 ↑ +138%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $2,211.58 ↑ +138%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,599.78 ↑ +180%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,646.83 ↑ +185%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $2,847.06 ↑ +207%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $3,089.55 ↑ +233%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +240%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3,152.60 ↑ +240%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3,215.65 ↑ +246%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3,247.18 ↑ +250%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3,373.28 ↑ +263%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $3,625.49 ↑ +291%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,711.00 ↑ +300%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,879.79 ↑ +318%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,907.50 ↑ +321%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,156.92 ↑ +348%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4,571.27 ↑ +392%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,572.61 ↑ +393%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4,728.90 ↑ +409%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,066.00 ↑ +446%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,125.69 ↑ +452%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $5,642.52 ↑ +508%
United Commercial|Exchange $6,045.00 ↑ +551%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $6,403.19 ↑ +590%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $9,457.80 ↑ +919%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $10,245.95 ↑ +1004%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,861.00 ↑ +1178%

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Lig/band angioaccess av fistula at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $6,365.14 $85.00 – $9,547.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $6,365.14 $1,118.22 – $7,956.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,365.14 $71.00 – $9,547.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,893.65 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $6,365.14 $1,118.22 – $7,956.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $6,365.14 $1,118.22 – $9,547.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,893.65 $71.00 – $8,840.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $6,365.14 $1,118.22 – $7,956.43

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