Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right 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

$241.85

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.

$1,382.00

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.

$24.76 with SUPERIOR vs $3,943.00 with Cigna — 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $24.76 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.26 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $25.26 ↓ -90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $26.00 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $26.00 ↓ -89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $30.95 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $36.37 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $36.63 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $38.97 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $42.87 ↓ -82%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $66.11 ↓ -73%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $67.35 ↓ -72%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $501.12 ↑ +107%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $511.34 ↑ +111%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $511.34 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $521.57 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $526.69 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $547.14 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $653.00 ↑ +170%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $741.45 ↑ +207%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $760.10 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $767.01 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $773.92 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $777.38 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $843.02 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $967.40 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,057.79 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,174.70 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,382.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +524%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,534.02 ↑ +534%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +1094%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +1124%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,943.00 ↑ +1530%

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