Artery x-rays spine 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

$1,087.10

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.

$6,212.00

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.

$179.00 with United vs $17,944.55 with UNITED — 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 $179.00 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $370.47 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $506.81 ↓ -53%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $2,252.48 ↑ +107%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,298.44 ↑ +111%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,298.44 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2,344.41 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $2,367.40 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,459.34 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,935.17 ↑ +170%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $3,332.74 ↑ +207%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $3,416.60 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $3,447.66 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,478.72 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3,494.25 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,789.32 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $4,348.40 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,754.67 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,280.20 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $6,212.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $6,212.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6,212.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $6,212.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $6,212.00 ↑ +471%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $6,597.26 ↑ +507%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $6,729.21 ↑ +519%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,729.21 ↑ +519%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $6,895.32 ↑ +534%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,927.12 ↑ +537%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $6,927.12 ↑ +537%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $8,246.58 ↑ +659%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $17,614.68 ↑ +1520%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $17,944.55 ↑ +1551%

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Artery x-rays spine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,094.60 $250.94 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,255.45 $875.91 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,385.15 $250.94 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,094.60 $250.94 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,255.45 $268.51 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,255.45 $250.94 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $6,385.15 $250.94 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,094.60 $250.94 – $13,613.39

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