Warde vitamin a 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

$41.83

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.

$239.00

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.

$9.75 with SUPERIOR vs $203.15 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 $9.75 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $9.95 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $9.95 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.24 ↓ -76%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.24 ↓ -76%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.24 ↓ -76%
United Commercial|Exchange $10.45 ↓ -75%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $11.38 ↓ -73%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↓ -72%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $11.61 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $11.84 ↓ -72%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $11.96 ↓ -71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $12.42 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $12.64 ↓ -70%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $13.35 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $16.83 ↓ -60%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $17.42 ↓ -58%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $18.33 ↓ -56%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $18.33 ↓ -56%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $20.67 ↓ -51%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.55 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $21.94 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22.58 ↓ -46%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $23.22 ↓ -44%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $25.67 ↓ -39%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $26.12 ↓ -38%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $34.83 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $35.00 ↓ -16%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $37.73 ↓ -10%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $40.75 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $40.75 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $41.56 ↓ -1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $47.95 ↑ +15%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $131.45 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $133.84 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $145.79 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $203.15 ↑ +386%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $101.99 $9.75 – $127.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $121.83 $8.00 – $182.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $101.99 $9.75 – $152.98

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