Rmvl pm gen w/rplc pm gen sgl lead sys 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

$5,059.95

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.

$28,914.00

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.

$5,085.00 with United vs $28,914.00 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.

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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
United Commercial|Exchange $5,085.00 ↑ +0%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $5,532.50 ↑ +9%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $5,643.15 ↑ +12%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,643.15 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,809.13 ↑ +15%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $5,809.13 ↑ +15%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,809.13 ↑ +15%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $7,801.32 ↑ +54%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $8,123.61 ↑ +61%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +64%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8,289.39 ↑ +64%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $8,455.18 ↑ +67%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $8,538.07 ↑ +69%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8,869.65 ↑ +75%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $9,532.80 ↑ +88%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9,871.00 ↑ +95%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,978.00 ↑ +97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $10,401.10 ↑ +106%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $10,401.10 ↑ +106%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $10,698.59 ↑ +111%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $10,775.01 ↑ +113%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $11,462.78 ↑ +127%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $12,019.62 ↑ +138%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $12,226.83 ↑ +142%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12,434.09 ↑ +146%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $12,448.13 ↑ +146%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $12,609.05 ↑ +149%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13,476.00 ↑ +166%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $14,608.25 ↑ +189%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $15,039.14 ↑ +197%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $15,902.70 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $16,191.84 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $17,637.54 ↑ +249%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $18,242.06 ↑ +261%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $24,576.90 ↑ +386%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $24,868.17 ↑ +391%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $26,940.52 ↑ +432%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $28,914.00 ↑ +471%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $15,676.55 $5,259.03 – $23,514.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $11,293.45 $5,259.03 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $18,220.94 $5,259.03 – $22,776.18

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