Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid quantification cytomegalovirus 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

$101.15

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.

$578.00

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.

$35.99 with SUPERIOR vs $491.30 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 $35.99 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $36.71 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $36.71 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $37.79 ↓ -63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $37.79 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $37.79 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Exchange $38.56 ↓ -62%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $41.99 ↓ -58%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $42.84 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $43.70 ↓ -57%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $44.13 ↓ -56%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $45.84 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $46.65 ↓ -54%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $49.27 ↓ -51%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $62.12 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $64.26 ↓ -36%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $67.66 ↓ -33%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $67.66 ↓ -33%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $76.26 ↓ -25%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $79.54 ↓ -21%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $80.98 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $83.30 ↓ -18%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $85.68 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $93.62 ↓ -7%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $96.39 ↓ -5%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $127.62 ↑ +26%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $128.52 ↑ +27%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $139.23 ↑ +38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $150.37 ↑ +49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $150.37 ↑ +49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $153.37 ↑ +52%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $176.93 ↑ +75%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $317.90 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $323.68 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $352.58 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $491.30 ↑ +386%

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