X-ray acromioclavicular joints without or w/weighted distraction bilateral 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

$156.28

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$893.00

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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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$29.08 with SUPERIOR vs $893.00 with BCBS-TX — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $29.08 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $29.66 ↓ -81%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $29.66 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $30.53 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $30.53 ↓ -80%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $30.53 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $54.67 ↓ -65%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $54.67 ↓ -65%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $55.44 ↓ -65%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $64.27 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $65.43 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $75.84 ↓ -51%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $83.03 ↓ -47%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $86.43 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -44%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↓ -44%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↓ -42%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↓ -42%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↓ -40%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $101.42 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $127.88 ↓ -18%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.29 ↓ -15%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $144.84 ↓ -7%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $160.86 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↑ +15%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $181.01 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $181.17 ↑ +16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $201.12 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $213.89 ↑ +37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $236.24 ↑ +51%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $264.57 ↑ +69%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $286.62 ↑ +83%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↑ +125%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $491.15 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $500.08 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $544.73 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $759.05 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $893.00 ↑ +471%

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X-ray acromioclavicular joints without or w/weighted distraction bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $293.30 $31.12 – $439.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $199.75 $29.08 – $249.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $293.30 $60.37 – $439.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $299.18 $29.08 – $373.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $199.75 $29.08 – $249.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $293.30 $29.08 – $439.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $299.18 $29.08 – $448.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $199.75 $29.08 – $249.69

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