X-ray temporomandibular joint open/closed mouth 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

$72.80

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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.

$416.00

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.

$53.13 with SUPERIOR vs $416.00 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 $53.13 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $54.19 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $54.19 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $55.79 ↓ -23%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $55.79 ↓ -23%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $55.79 ↓ -23%
KELSEY Medicare|All Plans $83.03 ↑ +14%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $86.43 ↑ +19%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↑ +21%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $88.19 ↑ +21%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $89.95 ↑ +24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $90.84 ↑ +25%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $94.36 ↑ +30%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $99.88 ↑ +37%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $99.88 ↑ +37%
ACH Commercial|All Plans $101.42 ↑ +39%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $117.42 ↑ +61%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $119.54 ↑ +64%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $120.57 ↑ +66%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $127.88 ↑ +76%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $132.29 ↑ +82%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $144.84 ↑ +99%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $160.86 ↑ +121%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $164.94 ↑ +127%
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↑ +146%
Wellpath Commercial|All Plans $181.01 ↑ +149%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $181.17 ↑ +149%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $201.12 ↑ +176%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $213.89 ↑ +194%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $228.80 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $232.96 ↑ +220%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $236.24 ↑ +225%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $253.76 ↑ +249%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $264.57 ↑ +263%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $286.62 ↑ +294%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↑ +382%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $353.60 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $416.00 ↑ +471%

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X-ray temporomandibular joint open/closed mouth bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $268.76 $56.85 – $403.15
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $706.38 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.80 $53.13 – $597.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $268.76 $55.32 – $403.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $277.69 $53.13 – $347.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.80 $53.13 – $597.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $268.76 $53.13 – $403.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $277.69 $53.13 – $416.54

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