Vancomycin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$83.48

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.

$477.00

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.

$11.37 with SUPERIOR vs $405.45 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 $11.37 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.60 ↓ -86%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.60 ↓ -86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.94 ↓ -86%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.94 ↓ -86%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.94 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.19 ↓ -85%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $13.27 ↓ -84%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -84%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $13.54 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $13.81 ↓ -83%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $13.95 ↓ -83%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $14.49 ↓ -83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $14.75 ↓ -82%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $15.57 ↓ -81%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $19.63 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $20.31 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $21.38 ↓ -74%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $21.38 ↓ -74%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $24.10 ↓ -71%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.13 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $25.58 ↓ -69%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $26.34 ↓ -68%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $27.08 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $29.45 ↓ -65%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $30.46 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $40.14 ↓ -52%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $40.62 ↓ -51%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $44.01 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $47.53 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $47.53 ↓ -43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $48.47 ↓ -42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $55.92 ↓ -33%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $262.35 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $267.12 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $290.97 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $405.45 ↑ +386%

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Vancomycin peak therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $165.06 $12.00 – $247.59
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $280.30 $12.19 – $52.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $182.61 $10.00 – $228.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $165.06 $12.00 – $247.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $221.44 $11.37 – $276.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $182.61 $10.00 – $228.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $165.06 $8.00 – $247.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $221.44 $11.37 – $332.15

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