Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$606.73
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.
$3,467.00
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.
$329.79 with SUPERIOR vs $3,467.00 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.
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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $329.79 | ↓ -46% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $336.39 | ↓ -45% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $336.39 | ↓ -45% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $346.28 | ↓ -43% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $346.28 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $346.28 | ↓ -43% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $482.16 | ↓ -21% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $528.36 | ↓ -13% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -11% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $539.14 | ↓ -11% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $549.92 | ↓ -9% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $555.31 | ↓ -8% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $576.88 | ↓ -5% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $620.01 | ↑ +2% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $620.01 | ↑ +2% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $620.01 | ↑ +2% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $703.56 | ↑ +16% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $728.84 | ↑ +20% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $742.03 | ↑ +22% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $781.05 | ↑ +29% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $781.75 | ↑ +29% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $808.71 | ↑ +33% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $830.64 | ↑ +37% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $876.21 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $917.42 | ↑ +51% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $956.82 | ↑ +58% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,095.08 | ↑ +80% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,117.00 | ↑ +84% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,617.42 | ↑ +167% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $1,629.49 | ↑ +169% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,752.20 | ↑ +189% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,906.85 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,941.52 | ↑ +220% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,045.53 | ↑ +237% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,114.87 | ↑ +249% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,193.00 | ↑ +261% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,946.95 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $3,467.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Lymphatics/lymph node imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,653.32 | $340.00 – $2,479.99 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,939.47 | $317.76 – $2,424.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,653.32 | $340.31 – $2,479.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,526.38 | $317.76 – $1,907.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,939.47 | $317.76 – $2,424.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,653.32 | $317.76 – $2,479.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,526.38 | $317.76 – $2,289.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,939.47 | $317.76 – $2,424.34 |