Vein x-ray skull epidural at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$258.13
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.
$1,475.00
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.
$128.64 with SUPERIOR vs $2,012.60 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.
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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $128.64 | ↓ -50% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $131.21 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $131.21 | ↓ -49% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $135.07 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $135.07 | ↓ -48% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $135.07 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $179.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $214.45 | ↓ -17% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $241.84 | ↓ -6% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $241.84 | ↓ -6% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $284.29 | ↑ +10% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $289.44 | ↑ +12% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $293.37 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↑ +36% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $552.88 | ↑ +114% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $606.88 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +140% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $619.26 | ↑ +140% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $631.65 | ↑ +145% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $637.84 | ↑ +147% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $662.61 | ↑ +157% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $712.15 | ↑ +176% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $811.25 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $826.00 | ↑ +220% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $897.93 | ↑ +248% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $899.75 | ↑ +249% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $928.89 | ↑ +260% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $967.84 | ↑ +275% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,112.06 | ↑ +331% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,211.92 | ↑ +369% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,253.75 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,431.26 | ↑ +454% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,475.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,475.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,475.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,475.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,857.78 | ↑ +620% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,012.60 | ↑ +680% |
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Vein x-ray skull epidural at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,980.52 | $137.64 – $2,970.77 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,006.40 | $128.64 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,980.52 | $407.66 – $2,970.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,079.54 | $128.64 – $2,599.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,006.40 | $128.64 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,980.52 | $128.64 – $2,970.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,079.54 | $128.64 – $3,119.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,006.40 | $128.64 – $1,556.23 |