X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single contrast study at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$287.53
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.
$1,643.00
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.
$122.96 with SUPERIOR vs $1,643.00 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 | $122.96 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $125.42 | ↓ -56% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $125.42 | ↓ -56% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $129.11 | ↓ -55% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $129.11 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $129.11 | ↓ -55% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $172.35 | ↓ -40% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $174.75 | ↓ -39% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $178.31 | ↓ -38% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $179.00 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $181.88 | ↓ -37% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $183.66 | ↓ -36% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $190.79 | ↓ -34% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $205.06 | ↓ -29% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $231.16 | ↓ -20% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $231.16 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $252.78 | ↓ -12% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $258.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $267.47 | ↓ -7% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $271.74 | ↓ -5% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $276.66 | ↓ -4% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $319.83 | ↑ +11% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $325.24 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $345.81 | ↑ +20% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $399.51 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $413.64 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $459.19 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $488.35 | ↑ +70% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $534.93 | ↑ +86% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $539.37 | ↑ +88% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $579.51 | ↑ +102% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $903.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $920.08 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,002.23 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,396.55 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,643.00 | ↑ +471% |
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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs 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 | $771.95 | $131.57 – $1,157.93 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $555.04 | $122.96 – $693.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $771.95 | $158.89 – $1,157.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $622.09 | $122.96 – $777.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $555.04 | $122.96 – $693.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $771.95 | $122.96 – $1,157.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $622.09 | $122.96 – $933.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $555.04 | $122.96 – $693.79 |