Mayo organic acid methylmalonic single quantitative 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

$50.75

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.

$290.00

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.

$17.82 with SUPERIOR vs $246.50 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 $17.82 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.18 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $18.18 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.71 ↓ -63%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $18.71 ↓ -63%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.71 ↓ -63%
United Commercial|Exchange $19.09 ↓ -62%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $20.79 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $20.79 ↓ -59%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $21.21 ↓ -58%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $21.21 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $21.21 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $21.63 ↓ -57%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $21.85 ↓ -57%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $22.69 ↓ -55%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $24.39 ↓ -52%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $30.75 ↓ -39%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $31.82 ↓ -37%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $33.50 ↓ -34%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $33.50 ↓ -34%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $37.12 ↓ -27%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $37.75 ↓ -26%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $39.38 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $40.09 ↓ -21%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $42.42 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $46.05 ↓ -9%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $47.72 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.77 ↑ +24%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $63.63 ↑ +25%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $68.93 ↑ +36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $74.45 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $74.45 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $75.93 ↑ +50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $87.60 ↑ +73%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $159.50 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $162.40 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $176.90 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $246.50 ↑ +386%

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