Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$19.08
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.
$109.00
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.
$59.95 with Health Smart vs $301.11 with NX Health — 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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| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $59.95 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $61.04 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $66.49 | ↑ +248% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $72.49 | ↑ +280% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $77.00 | ↑ +304% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $90.80 | ↑ +376% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $92.65 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $92.65 | ↑ +386% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $92.65 | ↑ +386% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $94.50 | ↑ +395% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $95.43 | ↑ +400% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $99.14 | ↑ +420% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $106.55 | ↑ +458% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $109.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $109.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $109.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $109.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $109.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $133.98 | ↑ +602% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $134.34 | ↑ +604% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $138.98 | ↑ +628% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.00 | ↑ +697% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $157.80 | ↑ +727% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $167.53 | ↑ +778% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $277.95 | ↑ +1357% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $301.11 | ↑ +1478% |
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Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $66.15 | $51.03 – $189.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $19.08 | $13.89 – $109.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $66.15 | $51.03 – $189.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $66.15 | $51.03 – $189.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $66.15 | $51.03 – $189.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $19.08 | $39.53 – $120.99 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $66.15 | $51.03 – $189.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $19.08 | $23.98 – $109.00 |