Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing 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

$301.53

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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.

$1,723.00

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.

$85.88 with SUPERIOR vs $1,723.00 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 $85.88 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $87.60 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $87.60 ↓ -71%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.17 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.17 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $90.17 ↓ -70%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $102.15 ↓ -66%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $104.38 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -65%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $106.51 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $108.64 ↓ -64%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $109.71 ↓ -64%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -62%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $114.52 ↓ -62%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $122.49 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $127.13 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $133.99 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $135.21 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $149.33 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $154.44 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $159.77 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $161.45 ↓ -46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $161.45 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $183.30 ↓ -39%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $189.79 ↓ -37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $193.23 ↓ -36%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $194.62 ↓ -35%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $194.95 ↓ -35%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $243.83 ↓ -19%
United Commercial|Exchange $290.00 ↓ -4%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $319.53 ↑ +6%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $346.16 ↑ +15%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $570.00 ↑ +89%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $947.65 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $964.88 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,051.03 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,464.55 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,723.00 ↑ +471%

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Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $428.68 $91.89 – $643.01
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $421.33 $85.88 – $526.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $404.98 $85.88 – $506.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $428.68 $85.88 – $643.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $421.33 $85.88 – $631.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $404.98 $85.88 – $506.23

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