Prolactin 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

$74.90

Cash price

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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.

$428.00

Gross charge

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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.

$16.28 with SUPERIOR vs $363.80 with Multiplan — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $16.28 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $16.61 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $16.61 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $17.09 ↓ -77%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $17.09 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $17.09 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|Exchange $17.44 ↓ -77%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $19.00 ↓ -75%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -74%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $19.38 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $19.77 ↓ -74%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $19.96 ↓ -73%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $20.74 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $21.10 ↓ -72%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $22.29 ↓ -70%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $28.10 ↓ -62%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $29.07 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $30.61 ↓ -59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $30.61 ↓ -59%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $34.50 ↓ -54%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $35.98 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $36.63 ↓ -51%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $37.68 ↓ -50%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $38.76 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $42.27 ↓ -44%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $43.60 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $57.63 ↓ -23%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $58.14 ↓ -22%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $62.98 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $68.02 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $68.02 ↓ -9%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $69.38 ↓ -7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $80.04 ↑ +7%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $235.40 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $239.68 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $261.08 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $363.80 ↑ +386%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $171.46 $12.00 – $73.31
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $181.04 $10.00 – $61.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $171.46 $10.06 – $73.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $160.92 $12.00 – $61.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $181.04 $10.00 – $61.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $171.46 $8.00 – $73.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $160.92 $12.00 – $73.31

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