Rmvl perm pm pulse gen 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

$1,674.23

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.

$9,567.00

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.

$3,346.00 with Cigna vs $26,940.52 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
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +100%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,568.00 ↑ +173%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $4,947.77 ↑ +196%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,046.73 ↑ +201%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $5,046.73 ↑ +201%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $5,195.16 ↑ +210%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,195.16 ↑ +210%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,195.16 ↑ +210%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $5,261.85 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $5,357.52 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5,835.87 ↑ +249%
United Commercial|Exchange $6,045.00 ↑ +261%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $7,801.32 ↑ +366%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $8,123.61 ↑ +385%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $8,131.95 ↑ +386%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +395%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +395%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $8,455.18 ↑ +405%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $8,538.07 ↑ +410%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8,869.65 ↑ +430%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $9,301.81 ↑ +456%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $9,301.81 ↑ +456%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $9,532.80 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $9,567.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $10,698.59 ↑ +539%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $10,775.01 ↑ +544%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $10,934.57 ↑ +553%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $11,132.48 ↑ +565%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $11,462.78 ↑ +585%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,861.00 ↑ +608%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $12,019.62 ↑ +618%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12,434.09 ↑ +643%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $12,609.05 ↑ +653%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $14,608.25 ↑ +773%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $15,039.14 ↑ +798%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $18,242.06 ↑ +990%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $24,868.17 ↑ +1385%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $26,940.52 ↑ +1509%

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