Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$1,833.30
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.
$10,476.00
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.
$707.95 with KELSEY vs $10,476.00 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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| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $707.95 | ↓ -61% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $775.52 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $791.34 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $791.34 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $807.17 | ↓ -56% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $815.08 | ↓ -56% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $846.73 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $854.85 | ↓ -53% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $910.04 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $953.15 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $959.96 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,021.23 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,123.35 | ↓ -39% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,147.44 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,187.01 | ↓ -35% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,281.01 | ↓ -30% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,417.38 | ↓ -23% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,600.27 | ↓ -13% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,885.68 | ↑ +3% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2,374.02 | ↑ +29% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,571.86 | ↑ +40% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $4,319.00 | ↑ +136% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,761.80 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,866.56 | ↑ +220% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,896.00 | ↑ +222% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $6,390.36 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,904.60 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $10,476.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,583.32 | $85.00 – $5,132.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,421.26 | $686.02 – $3,026.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,583.32 | $71.00 – $5,132.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,242.29 | $71.00 – $5,132.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,421.26 | $645.67 – $3,026.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,583.32 | $818.05 – $2,374.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,242.29 | $71.00 – $5,132.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,421.26 | $645.67 – $3,026.58 |