Susceptibility mic per plate 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

$51.80

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.

$296.00

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.

$7.27 with SUPERIOR vs $251.60 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 $7.27 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.42 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.42 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.63 ↓ -85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.63 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.63 ↓ -85%
United Commercial|Exchange $7.79 ↓ -85%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $8.48 ↓ -84%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -83%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $8.65 ↓ -83%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $8.82 ↓ -83%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $8.91 ↓ -83%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $9.26 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $9.42 ↓ -82%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $9.95 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $12.54 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $12.98 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $13.67 ↓ -74%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $13.67 ↓ -74%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $15.40 ↓ -70%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.07 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.36 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.82 ↓ -68%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $17.30 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $18.87 ↓ -64%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $19.46 ↓ -62%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $25.72 ↓ -50%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $25.95 ↓ -50%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $28.11 ↓ -46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $30.36 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $30.36 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $30.97 ↓ -40%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $35.72 ↓ -31%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $162.80 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $165.76 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $180.56 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $251.60 ↑ +386%

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $112.52 $7.78 – $156.28
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $112.52 $12.00 – $156.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $128.89 $7.27 – $149.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $169.46 $7.27 – $211.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $112.52 $7.27 – $156.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $128.89 $7.27 – $179.01

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