Pr ecg external < 48 hours continuous recording/storage r&i by a phys/qhp at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$63.35
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.
$362.00
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.
$53.79 with BCBS-TX vs $362.00 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $53.79 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $63.25 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $67.03 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $74.60 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $177.38 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $177.38 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $199.10 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $202.72 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $220.82 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $307.70 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $362.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Pr ecg external < 48 hours continuous recording/storage r&i by a phys/qhp at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $63.35 | $46.12 – $325.80 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $63.35 | $53.79 – $401.82 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $63.35 | $53.79 – $325.80 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $104.07 – $104.07 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $15.12 – $260.25 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $15.12 – $260.25 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $92.17 – $92.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $14.81 – $260.25 |