Tc-99m pentetate dtpa at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$54.95
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.
$314.00
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.
$25.23 with United vs $314.00 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $25.23 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $41.63 | ↓ -24% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $43.07 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $70.22 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $72.10 | ↑ +31% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $82.39 | ↑ +50% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $153.86 | ↑ +180% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $153.86 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $172.70 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $175.84 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $191.54 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $266.90 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $314.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $893.78 | $47.39 – $366.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,338.99 | $47.39 – $366.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $2,026.43 | $47.39 – $366.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,557.69 | $47.39 – $366.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $1,617.17 | $47.39 – $366.22 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $426.65 | $28.09 – $1,219.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $54.95 | $25.23 – $282.60 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $112.80 | $22.71 – $676.80 |