Albumin serum plasma or whole blood 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

$26.95

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.

$154.00

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.

$4.46 with United vs $130.90 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 $4.46 ↓ -83%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $4.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5.05 ↓ -81%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5.10 ↓ -81%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.30 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5.39 ↓ -80%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $6.78 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.92 ↓ -74%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.92 ↓ -74%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.12 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.12 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $7.18 ↓ -73%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.43 ↓ -72%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $8.47 ↓ -69%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.81 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.63 ↓ -64%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $9.90 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $10.58 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.42 ↓ -46%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $14.85 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $17.37 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $17.37 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $17.72 ↓ -34%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $18.10 ↓ -33%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $18.44 ↓ -32%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $20.44 ↓ -24%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $72.77 ↑ +170%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $84.70 ↑ +214%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $86.24 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $86.63 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $93.94 ↑ +249%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $130.90 ↑ +386%

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Albumin serum plasma or whole blood at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $93.53 $4.46 – $19.06
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $53.23 $4.16 – $11.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $49.74 $1.54 – $11.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $56.80 $4.16 – $11.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $53.23 $4.16 – $11.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $49.74 $4.45 – $11.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $49.74 $4.16 – $11.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $56.80 $4.16 – $11.88

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