Liver/spleen imag static only 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

$404.60

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.

$2,312.00

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.

$184.44 with SUPERIOR vs $2,312.00 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.

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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 $184.44 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $188.13 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $188.13 ↓ -54%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $193.66 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $193.66 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $193.66 ↓ -52%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $346.75 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $346.75 ↓ -14%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $371.47 ↓ -8%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $394.44 ↓ -3%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -1%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $402.49 ↓ -1%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $407.61 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↑ +1%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↑ +2%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $414.99 ↑ +3%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↑ +6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $446.82 ↑ +10%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $462.85 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $475.19 ↑ +17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $524.84 ↑ +30%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $583.60 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↑ +49%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $674.96 ↑ +67%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $730.10 ↑ +80%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $843.84 ↑ +109%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,086.64 ↑ +169%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +176%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,207.44 ↑ +198%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,271.60 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,294.72 ↑ +220%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,308.06 ↑ +223%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,364.08 ↑ +237%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,410.32 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,965.20 ↑ +386%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,193.00 ↑ +442%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,312.00 ↑ +471%

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Liver/spleen imag static only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,166.72 $192.71 – $1,750.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,471.52 $180.10 – $1,839.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,166.72 $240.15 – $1,750.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,123.50 $180.10 – $1,404.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,471.52 $180.10 – $1,839.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,166.72 $180.10 – $1,750.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,123.50 $180.10 – $1,685.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,471.52 $180.10 – $1,839.40

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