Thyrotropin alfa 0.9 mg intramuscular solution 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

$321.51

Cash price

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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.

$1,837.16

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.

$312.32 with Cigna vs $6,879.15 with NX Health — 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
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $312.32 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $312.32 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Exchange $367.44 ↑ +14%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $606.27 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $661.38 ↑ +106%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,010.44 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,028.81 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,120.67 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,561.59 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,837.16 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,837.16 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,837.16 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,837.16 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,837.16 ↑ +471%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $1,841.43 ↑ +473%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $2,074.33 ↑ +545%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,082.08 ↑ +548%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,116.66 ↑ +558%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2,158.99 ↑ +572%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $2,180.16 ↑ +578%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,264.83 ↑ +604%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $2,434.16 ↑ +657%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $3,069.16 ↑ +855%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $3,174.99 ↑ +888%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,755.18 ↑ +1068%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $4,110.97 ↑ +1179%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $6,349.98 ↑ +1875%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $6,879.15 ↑ +2040%

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Thyrotropin alfa 0.9 mg intramuscular solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $9,577.76 $2,078.71 – $15,822.14
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $13,333.89 $6,055.06 – $7,680.45
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $15,679.53 $2,125.64 – $15,822.14
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,107.76 $1,457.10 – $7,596.44
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $321.51 $234.06 – $1,837.16
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $4,695.46 $2,135.42 – $28,172.71
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $5,107.76 $1,671.22 – $7,596.44
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $5,107.76 $1,671.22 – $7,596.44

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