Shuntogram nonvascular supervision & interpretation 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

$110.95

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$634.00

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.

$81.86 with SUPERIOR vs $634.00 with BCBS-TX — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $81.86 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $83.50 ↓ -25%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $83.50 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $85.95 ↓ -23%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $85.95 ↓ -23%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $85.95 ↓ -23%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $102.15 ↓ -8%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $104.38 ↓ -6%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -4%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -4%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -2%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -1%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↑ +3%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $122.49 ↑ +10%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $153.90 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $153.90 ↑ +39%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $154.44 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $170.38 ↑ +54%
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↑ +61%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $180.91 ↑ +63%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $184.19 ↑ +66%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $194.62 ↑ +75%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $194.95 ↑ +76%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $233.09 ↑ +110%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $243.83 ↑ +120%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $254.42 ↑ +129%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $282.44 ↑ +155%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $300.37 ↑ +171%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $319.53 ↑ +188%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $331.76 ↑ +199%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $346.16 ↑ +212%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $348.70 ↑ +214%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↑ +216%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $355.04 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $386.74 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $538.90 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $634.00 ↑ +471%

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