Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$5.78
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.
$33.00
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.
$18.15 with Health Smart vs $193.38 with NX Health — 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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| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $18.15 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $18.48 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $20.13 | ↑ +248% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $28.05 | ↑ +385% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $33.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $33.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $33.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $33.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $33.00 | ↑ +471% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $54.93 | ↑ +850% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $58.31 | ↑ +909% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $59.50 | ↑ +929% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $59.50 | ↑ +929% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $60.69 | ↑ +950% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $61.28 | ↑ +960% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $63.66 | ↑ +1001% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $68.42 | ↑ +1084% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $77.00 | ↑ +1232% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $86.28 | ↑ +1393% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $89.25 | ↑ +1444% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $99.66 | ↑ +1624% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $108.28 | ↑ +1773% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $124.54 | ↑ +2055% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.00 | ↑ +2530% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $178.50 | ↑ +2988% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $193.38 | ↑ +3246% |
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Lung function test (mbc/mvv) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $229.93 | $56.30 – $344.90 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $214.94 | $56.30 – $268.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $229.93 | $47.33 – $344.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $192.29 | $38.46 – $240.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $214.94 | $56.30 – $268.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $229.93 | $118.80 – $344.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $192.29 | $56.30 – $288.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $214.94 | $56.30 – $268.68 |