Nm imaging gastrointestinal acute blood loss 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

$476.18

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.

$2,721.00

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.

$324.78 with SUPERIOR vs $2,721.00 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.

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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 $324.78 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $331.28 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $331.28 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $341.02 ↓ -28%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $341.02 ↓ -28%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $341.02 ↓ -28%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $371.47 ↓ -22%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $394.44 ↓ -17%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -15%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $402.48 ↓ -15%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $410.53 ↓ -14%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $414.55 ↓ -13%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $430.65 ↓ -10%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $462.85 ↓ -3%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $583.60 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $603.72 ↑ +27%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $610.59 ↑ +28%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $610.59 ↑ +28%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $674.96 ↑ +42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $709.28 ↑ +49%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $717.76 ↑ +51%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $730.10 ↑ +53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $730.75 ↑ +53%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $787.40 ↑ +65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $837.39 ↑ +76%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $843.84 ↑ +77%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $924.88 ↑ +94%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +135%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,207.44 ↑ +154%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,278.87 ↑ +169%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,308.06 ↑ +175%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,496.55 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,523.76 ↑ +220%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,605.39 ↑ +237%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,659.81 ↑ +249%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,193.00 ↑ +361%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,312.85 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,721.00 ↑ +471%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,197.47 $313.08 – $1,796.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,459.85 $313.08 – $2,189.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,360.55 $313.08 – $1,700.69

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