Prq trluml revsc ch occ ant at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$1,817.38
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.
$10,385.00
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.
$847.42 with UNITED vs $39,633.92 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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| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $847.42 | ↓ -53% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,869.30 | ↑ +3% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $5,281.00 | ↑ +191% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,711.75 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,815.60 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $6,334.85 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,827.25 | ↑ +386% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $10,145.26 | ↑ +458% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,363.00 | ↑ +470% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $10,385.00 | ↑ +471% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $11,131.77 | ↑ +513% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $11,358.94 | ↑ +525% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $11,358.94 | ↑ +525% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $11,586.12 | ↑ +538% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $11,699.71 | ↑ +544% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $12,154.07 | ↑ +569% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $12,398.00 | ↑ +582% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $13,062.78 | ↑ +619% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $16,470.46 | ↑ +806% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,925.00 | ↑ +831% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $17,038.41 | ↑ +838% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $17,985.12 | ↑ +890% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $19,474.36 | ↑ +972% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $22,471.88 | ↑ +1136% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $28,239.17 | ↑ +1454% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $33,688.83 | ↑ +1754% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $34,076.82 | ↑ +1775% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $35,571.44 | ↑ +1857% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $36,916.56 | ↑ +1931% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $39,633.92 | ↑ +2081% |
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Prq trluml revsc ch occ ant at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $16,678.62 | $5,353.84 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $17,474.24 | $4,951.03 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $16,678.62 | $3,433.02 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $18,978.50 | $3,795.70 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $17,474.24 | $4,659.80 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $16,678.62 | $8,617.29 – $27,252.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $18,978.50 | $6,326.17 – $28,467.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $17,474.24 | $4,659.80 – $27,252.71 |