Myelography neck spine at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$492.98
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.
$2,817.00
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.
$112.26 with SUPERIOR vs $2,817.00 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 | $112.26 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $114.51 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $114.51 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $117.87 | ↓ -76% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $117.87 | ↓ -76% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $117.87 | ↓ -76% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $179.00 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $206.78 | ↓ -58% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $211.05 | ↓ -57% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $211.05 | ↓ -57% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $248.09 | ↓ -50% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $252.59 | ↓ -49% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $282.88 | ↓ -43% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↓ -29% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $707.95 | ↑ +44% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $775.52 | ↑ +57% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $791.34 | ↑ +61% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $791.34 | ↑ +61% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $807.17 | ↑ +64% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $815.08 | ↑ +65% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $846.73 | ↑ +72% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $910.04 | ↑ +85% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,147.44 | ↑ +133% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,187.01 | ↑ +141% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,281.01 | ↑ +160% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,417.38 | ↑ +188% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,545.46 | ↑ +213% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,549.35 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,577.52 | ↑ +220% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,600.27 | ↑ +225% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,715.67 | ↑ +248% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,718.37 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,824.60 | ↑ +270% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2,015.23 | ↑ +309% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2,374.02 | ↑ +382% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,394.45 | ↑ +386% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,571.86 | ↑ +422% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $2,817.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Myelography neck spine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,088.80 | $120.12 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $875.40 | $112.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,088.80 | $224.11 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,133.23 | $112.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $875.40 | $112.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,088.80 | $112.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,133.23 | $112.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $875.40 | $112.26 – $1,983.49 |