Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital

210 South Judson Street, Navasota, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154317774

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$31.50

Cash price

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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.

$180.00

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.

$7.00 with United vs $153.00 with Multiplan — 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.

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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
United Commercial|Exchange $7.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $7.62 ↓ -76%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $7.63 ↓ -76%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -75%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $7.78 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $7.94 ↓ -75%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $8.01 ↓ -75%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $8.32 ↓ -74%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $10.66 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $10.87 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $10.87 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $11.19 ↓ -64%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.19 ↓ -64%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $11.28 ↓ -64%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $11.67 ↓ -63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $13.32 ↓ -58%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $13.62 ↓ -57%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $13.85 ↓ -56%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $15.56 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $16.60 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.63 ↓ -28%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $23.34 ↓ -26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $27.31 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $27.31 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $27.85 ↓ -12%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $28.46 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $29.00 ↓ -8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $32.13 ↑ +2%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $85.05 ↑ +170%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $99.00 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $100.80 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $101.25 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $109.80 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $153.00 ↑ +386%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $61.52 $6.08 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.98 $2.08 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.98 $7.00 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $58.98 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67

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