Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital

1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$96.25

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$550.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$138.99 with KELSEY vs $877.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $138.99 ↑ +44%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $153.58 ↑ +60%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↑ +63%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $156.71 ↑ +63%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $159.84 ↑ +66%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $161.41 ↑ +68%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $167.68 ↑ +74%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $180.22 ↑ +87%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $200.00 ↑ +108%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $227.23 ↑ +136%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $235.07 ↑ +144%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $249.98 ↑ +160%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $269.50 ↑ +180%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $275.32 ↑ +186%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $276.52 ↑ +187%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $302.50 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $308.00 ↑ +220%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $312.25 ↑ +224%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $323.74 ↑ +236%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $335.50 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $343.11 ↑ +256%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $381.85 ↑ +297%
United Commercial|Exchange $447.00 ↑ +364%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $467.50 ↑ +386%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $470.13 ↑ +388%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $509.31 ↑ +429%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $550.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $877.00 ↑ +811%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $344.39 $56.03 – $386.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $349.83 $40.17 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $344.39 $35.93 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $345.62 $34.91 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $349.83 $37.81 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $344.39 $90.19 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $345.62 $58.19 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $349.83 $37.81 – $386.96

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →