T4 (thyroxine) free 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

$33.43

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.

$191.00

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.

$7.58 with SUPERIOR vs $162.35 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 $7.58 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.73 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.73 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.96 ↓ -76%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.96 ↓ -76%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.96 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Exchange $8.12 ↓ -76%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $8.84 ↓ -74%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -73%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -73%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.02 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $9.20 ↓ -72%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $9.29 ↓ -72%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $9.65 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $9.82 ↓ -71%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $10.37 ↓ -69%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $13.08 ↓ -61%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $13.53 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $14.25 ↓ -57%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $14.25 ↓ -57%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $16.06 ↓ -52%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.75 ↓ -50%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $17.05 ↓ -49%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.54 ↓ -48%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $18.04 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $19.63 ↓ -41%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $20.29 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $26.76 ↓ -20%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $27.06 ↓ -19%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $29.32 ↓ -12%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $31.66 ↓ -5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $31.66 ↓ -5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $32.29 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $37.25 ↑ +11%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $105.05 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $106.96 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $116.51 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $162.35 ↑ +386%

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T4 (thyroxine) free at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $132.83 $8.11 – $49.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $251.77 $8.12 – $34.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $128.73 $7.58 – $41.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $132.83 $6.79 – $49.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $144.14 $7.58 – $41.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $128.73 $7.58 – $41.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $132.83 $7.58 – $49.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $144.14 $7.58 – $49.50

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