Phlebotomy therapeutic at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$77.88
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.
$445.00
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.
$110.97 with KELSEY vs $445.00 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 | $110.97 | ↑ +42% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $126.53 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↑ +66% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $129.11 | ↑ +66% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $131.69 | ↑ +69% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $132.98 | ↑ +71% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $138.15 | ↑ +77% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $148.48 | ↑ +91% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $152.64 | ↑ +96% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $153.73 | ↑ +97% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $163.55 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $179.90 | ↑ +131% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $187.00 | ↑ +140% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $187.21 | ↑ +140% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $193.67 | ↑ +149% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $201.91 | ↑ +159% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $218.05 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $218.05 | ↑ +180% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $226.12 | ↑ +190% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $244.75 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $249.20 | ↑ +220% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $250.49 | ↑ +222% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $271.45 | ↑ +249% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $367.00 | ↑ +371% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $378.25 | ↑ +386% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $387.33 | ↑ +397% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $419.61 | ↑ +439% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $445.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Phlebotomy therapeutic at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $238.04 | $76.41 – $357.07 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $275.15 | $77.96 – $343.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $238.04 | $49.00 – $357.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $275.15 | $55.03 – $343.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $275.15 | $73.37 – $343.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $238.04 | $122.99 – $357.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $275.15 | $91.72 – $412.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $275.15 | $73.37 – $343.94 |