Pet image ltd area at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$1,327.55
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.
$7,586.00
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.
$1,268.50 with KELSEY vs $7,586.00 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 | $1,268.50 | ↓ -4% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $1,281.44 | ↓ -3% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,307.59 | ↓ -2% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,307.59 | ↓ -2% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,327.27 | ↓ -0% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,333.74 | ↑ +0% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,346.82 | ↑ +1% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,353.82 | ↑ +2% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,353.82 | ↑ +2% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,393.63 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,393.63 | ↑ +5% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,393.63 | ↑ +5% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,399.12 | ↑ +5% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $1,503.73 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,653.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,896.01 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,961.39 | ↑ +48% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,339.85 | ↑ +76% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $2,495.27 | ↑ +88% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $2,495.27 | ↑ +88% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $2,513.64 | ↑ +89% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,559.00 | ↑ +93% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $2,922.14 | ↑ +120% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,933.27 | ↑ +121% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,986.36 | ↑ +125% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,245.00 | ↑ +144% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $3,466.60 | ↑ +161% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,494.00 | ↑ +163% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $3,922.77 | ↑ +195% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4,007.49 | ↑ +202% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4,019.78 | ↑ +203% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,172.30 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $4,248.16 | ↑ +220% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4,249.67 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4,627.46 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $4,720.47 | ↑ +256% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $6,448.10 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $7,586.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Pet image ltd area at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,677.40 | $1,235.52 – $5,516.10 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,253.07 | $1,235.52 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,677.40 | $756.93 – $5,516.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,809.11 | $1,235.52 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,253.07 | $1,235.52 – $5,371.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,677.40 | $1,305.48 – $5,516.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,809.11 | $1,235.52 – $5,713.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,253.07 | $1,235.52 – $5,371.00 |