Mayo metanephrines plasma 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

$61.08

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.

$349.00

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.

$14.23 with SUPERIOR vs $296.65 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 $14.23 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.51 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.51 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.94 ↓ -76%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.94 ↓ -76%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.94 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Exchange $15.25 ↓ -75%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $16.61 ↓ -73%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.94 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $17.28 ↓ -72%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $17.45 ↓ -71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18.13 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $18.44 ↓ -70%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $19.48 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $24.56 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $25.41 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $26.75 ↓ -56%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $26.75 ↓ -56%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $30.15 ↓ -51%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $31.45 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $32.02 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $32.94 ↓ -46%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $33.88 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $36.99 ↓ -39%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $38.12 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $50.43 ↓ -17%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $50.82 ↓ -17%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $55.05 ↓ -10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $59.46 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $59.46 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $60.65 ↓ -1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $69.96 ↑ +15%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $191.95 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $195.44 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $212.89 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $296.65 ↑ +386%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $194.24 $12.00 – $54.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $714.16 $15.25 – $65.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $183.84 $10.00 – $45.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $194.24 $7.51 – $54.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $183.84 $12.00 – $45.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $183.84 $10.00 – $45.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $194.24 $8.00 – $54.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $183.84 $12.00 – $54.75

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