Set radiation therapy field at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$1,137.50
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.
$6,500.00
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.
$342.84 with KELSEY vs $6,500.00 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.
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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| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $342.84 | ↓ -70% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $359.33 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $366.66 | ↓ -68% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $366.66 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $373.99 | ↓ -67% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $377.66 | ↓ -67% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $392.33 | ↓ -66% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $421.66 | ↓ -63% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $531.66 | ↓ -53% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $549.99 | ↓ -52% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $606.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $654.08 | ↓ -42% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $757.82 | ↓ -33% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,099.98 | ↓ -3% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,191.65 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,342.83 | ↑ +18% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,475.00 | ↑ +30% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,600.75 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,694.92 | ↑ +49% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,883.24 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,894.00 | ↑ +154% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $3,055.00 | ↑ +169% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $3,575.00 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,640.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,835.00 | ↑ +237% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $3,965.00 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $5,525.00 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $6,500.00 | ↑ +471% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $960.78 | $308.41 – $1,441.17 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $669.97 | $189.82 – $915.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $960.78 | $197.76 – $1,441.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,159.03 | $231.81 – $1,448.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $669.97 | $178.66 – $915.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $960.78 | $496.40 – $1,441.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,159.03 | $357.33 – $1,738.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $669.97 | $178.66 – $915.33 |