X-ray surgical specimen at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$287.88
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.
$1,645.00
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.
$42.78 with SUPERIOR vs $1,784.87 with NX Health — 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 | $42.78 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $43.64 | ↓ -85% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $43.64 | ↓ -85% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $44.92 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $44.92 | ↓ -84% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $44.92 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $72.68 | ↓ -75% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $80.43 | ↓ -72% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $80.43 | ↓ -72% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $94.54 | ↓ -67% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $96.25 | ↓ -67% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $99.43 | ↓ -65% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $179.00 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↑ +22% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $480.85 | ↑ +67% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $538.21 | ↑ +87% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↑ +91% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $549.19 | ↑ +91% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $560.17 | ↑ +95% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $565.67 | ↑ +96% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $587.63 | ↑ +104% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $631.57 | ↑ +119% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $796.33 | ↑ +177% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $823.79 | ↑ +186% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $865.17 | ↑ +201% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $904.75 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $921.20 | ↑ +220% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $976.58 | ↑ +239% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,003.45 | ↑ +249% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $1,080.50 | ↑ +275% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1,093.19 | ↑ +280% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1,213.58 | ↑ +322% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1,290.63 | ↑ +348% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,398.25 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,425.48 | ↑ +395% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,645.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,647.57 | ↑ +472% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,784.87 | ↑ +520% |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $638.62 | $45.77 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $638.62 | $131.45 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $565.09 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $638.62 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $565.09 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |