Rsv assay w/optic 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

$67.20

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.

$384.00

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.

$11.00 with SUPERIOR vs $326.40 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 $11.00 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.22 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.22 ↓ -83%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.55 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.55 ↓ -83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.55 ↓ -83%
United Commercial|Exchange $11.79 ↓ -82%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $12.84 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $13.05 ↓ -81%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $13.10 ↓ -81%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $13.10 ↓ -81%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $13.10 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $13.36 ↓ -80%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $13.49 ↓ -80%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $14.02 ↓ -79%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $15.06 ↓ -78%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $19.00 ↓ -72%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.65 ↓ -71%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $20.68 ↓ -69%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $20.68 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $23.31 ↓ -65%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $23.32 ↓ -65%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $24.31 ↓ -64%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $24.75 ↓ -63%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $26.20 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $28.68 ↓ -57%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $29.47 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $39.10 ↓ -42%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $39.30 ↓ -42%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $42.58 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $45.98 ↓ -32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $45.98 ↓ -32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $46.90 ↓ -30%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $54.10 ↓ -19%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $211.20 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $215.04 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $234.24 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $326.40 ↑ +386%

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