X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$176.93
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.
$1,011.00
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.
$40.76 with SUPERIOR vs $1,011.00 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 | $40.76 | ↓ -77% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $41.58 | ↓ -76% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $41.58 | ↓ -76% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $42.80 | ↓ -76% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $42.80 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $42.80 | ↓ -76% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $76.63 | ↓ -57% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $76.63 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $86.08 | ↓ -51% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $90.08 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $91.71 | ↓ -48% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $102.15 | ↓ -42% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $104.38 | ↓ -41% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $106.51 | ↓ -40% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $108.64 | ↓ -39% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $109.71 | ↓ -38% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $113.97 | ↓ -36% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $117.76 | ↓ -33% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $122.49 | ↓ -31% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $154.44 | ↓ -13% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $159.77 | ↓ -10% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $179.00 | ↑ +1% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $194.62 | ↑ +10% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $194.95 | ↑ +10% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $243.83 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $254.42 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $282.44 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $300.37 | ↑ +70% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $319.53 | ↑ +81% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $331.76 | ↑ +88% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $346.16 | ↑ +96% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $556.05 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $566.16 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $616.71 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $859.35 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,011.00 | ↑ +471% |
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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $468.26 | $43.61 – $702.39 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $814.45 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $341.30 | $40.76 – $426.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $468.26 | $96.38 – $702.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $423.69 | $40.76 – $529.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $341.30 | $40.76 – $426.63 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $468.26 | $40.76 – $702.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $423.69 | $40.76 – $635.53 |