X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$343.53
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.
$1,963.00
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.
$153.70 with SUPERIOR vs $1,963.00 with BCBS-TX — 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 | $153.70 | ↓ -55% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $156.77 | ↓ -54% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $156.77 | ↓ -54% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $161.38 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $161.38 | ↓ -53% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $161.38 | ↓ -53% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $172.35 | ↓ -50% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $174.75 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -48% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -48% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $179.00 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $181.88 | ↓ -47% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $183.66 | ↓ -47% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $190.79 | ↓ -44% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $205.06 | ↓ -40% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $258.55 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $267.47 | ↓ -22% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $288.96 | ↓ -16% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $288.96 | ↓ -16% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $313.12 | ↓ -9% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $319.83 | ↓ -7% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $325.24 | ↓ -5% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $339.68 | ↓ -1% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $345.82 | ↑ +1% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $399.51 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $413.64 | ↑ +20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $428.35 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $459.19 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $488.35 | ↑ +42% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $534.93 | ↑ +56% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $539.37 | ↑ +57% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $579.51 | ↑ +69% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,079.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,099.28 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,197.43 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,668.55 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,963.00 | ↑ +471% |
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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $667.61 | $164.46 – $1,001.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $633.56 | $153.70 – $791.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $667.61 | $137.42 – $1,001.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $718.03 | $153.70 – $897.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $633.56 | $153.70 – $791.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $667.61 | $153.70 – $1,001.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $718.03 | $153.70 – $1,077.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $633.56 | $153.70 – $791.96 |