Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$2,270.10
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.
$12,972.00
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.
$1,423.40 with KELSEY vs $12,972.00 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 | $1,423.40 | ↓ -37% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $1,431.74 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,460.95 | ↓ -36% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,460.95 | ↓ -36% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,489.35 | ↓ -34% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,490.17 | ↓ -34% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,504.78 | ↓ -34% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,519.14 | ↓ -33% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,519.14 | ↓ -33% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,563.22 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,563.82 | ↓ -31% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,563.82 | ↓ -31% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,563.82 | ↓ -31% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,653.00 | ↓ -27% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $1,680.09 | ↓ -26% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $2,118.38 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2,191.43 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,559.00 | ↑ +13% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,650.06 | ↑ +17% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $2,769.42 | ↑ +22% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $2,799.98 | ↑ +23% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $2,799.98 | ↑ +23% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,245.00 | ↑ +43% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,291.46 | ↑ +45% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $3,312.38 | ↑ +46% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,351.04 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,494.00 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $3,879.22 | ↑ +71% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $4,382.85 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4,484.49 | ↑ +98% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4,498.24 | ↑ +98% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,748.09 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $5,282.34 | ↑ +133% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,134.60 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $7,264.32 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $7,912.92 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,026.20 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $12,972.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,602.44 | $1,364.64 – $8,403.66 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,099.76 | $1,364.64 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,602.44 | $1,153.17 – $8,403.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,602.44 | $1,364.64 – $7,003.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,099.76 | $1,364.64 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,602.44 | $1,458.59 – $8,403.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,602.44 | $1,364.64 – $8,403.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $4,099.76 | $1,364.64 – $5,371.00 |