Resuscitation delivery/birthing room 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

$99.40

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.

$568.00

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.

$45.44 with SUPERIOR vs $2,130.18 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.

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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 $45.44 ↓ -54%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $46.35 ↓ -53%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $46.35 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.72 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $47.72 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $47.72 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $85.43 ↓ -14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $85.43 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $100.43 ↑ +1%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $102.24 ↑ +3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $278.32 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $278.32 ↑ +180%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $296.19 ↑ +198%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $312.40 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $318.08 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $346.48 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $348.29 ↑ +250%
United Commercial|Exchange $358.00 ↑ +260%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $369.12 ↑ +271%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $410.80 ↑ +313%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $482.80 ↑ +386%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $562.10 ↑ +465%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $568.00 ↑ +471%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $642.34 ↑ +546%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $655.44 ↑ +559%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $655.44 ↑ +559%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $668.55 ↑ +573%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $675.10 ↑ +579%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $701.32 ↑ +606%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $702.00 ↑ +606%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $753.76 ↑ +658%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $950.39 ↑ +856%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $983.16 ↑ +889%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,005.86 ↑ +912%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,152.10 ↑ +1059%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $1,257.32 ↑ +1165%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,966.32 ↑ +1878%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,130.18 ↑ +2043%

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Resuscitation delivery/birthing room at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $422.74 $135.70 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $913.29 $258.77 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $422.74 $87.01 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $732.22 $146.44 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $913.29 $243.54 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $422.74 $218.41 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $732.22 $244.07 – $1,612.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $913.29 $243.54 – $1,612.26

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