Warde gastrin 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

$55.83

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.

$319.00

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.

$14.81 with SUPERIOR vs $271.15 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 $14.81 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.11 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $15.11 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.55 ↓ -72%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.55 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $15.55 ↓ -72%
United Commercial|Exchange $15.87 ↓ -72%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $17.28 ↓ -69%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $17.63 ↓ -68%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.63 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17.63 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $17.98 ↓ -68%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $18.16 ↓ -67%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $18.86 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $19.20 ↓ -66%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $20.27 ↓ -64%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $25.56 ↓ -54%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $26.45 ↓ -53%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $27.84 ↓ -50%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $27.84 ↓ -50%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $31.38 ↓ -44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $32.73 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.32 ↓ -40%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $34.28 ↓ -39%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $35.26 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $38.50 ↓ -31%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $39.67 ↓ -29%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $52.48 ↓ -6%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $52.89 ↓ -5%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $57.30 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $61.88 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $61.88 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $63.12 ↑ +13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $72.81 ↑ +30%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $175.45 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $178.64 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $194.59 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $271.15 ↑ +386%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $132.71 $10.00 – $165.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $125.27 $8.00 – $187.91
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