Warde analysis gene hfe common variants 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

$289.10

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.

$1,652.00

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.

$54.90 with SUPERIOR vs $1,404.20 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 $54.90 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $56.00 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $56.00 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $57.65 ↓ -80%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $57.65 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $57.65 ↓ -80%
United Commercial|Exchange $58.82 ↓ -80%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $64.06 ↓ -78%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $65.36 ↓ -77%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $65.36 ↓ -77%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $65.36 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $66.67 ↓ -77%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $67.32 ↓ -77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $69.94 ↓ -76%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $71.17 ↓ -75%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $75.16 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $94.77 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $98.04 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $103.21 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $103.21 ↓ -64%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $116.34 ↓ -60%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $121.33 ↓ -58%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $123.53 ↓ -57%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $127.09 ↓ -56%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $130.72 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $142.68 ↓ -51%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $147.06 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $194.50 ↓ -33%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $196.08 ↓ -32%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $212.42 ↓ -27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $229.41 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $229.41 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $233.99 ↓ -19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $269.94 ↓ -7%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $908.60 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $925.12 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,007.72 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,404.20 ↑ +386%

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