Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital
210 South Judson Street, Navasota, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154317774
$562.28
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.
$3,213.00
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.
$108.06 with PGT vs $2,249.10 with PHCS — 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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| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $108.06 | ↓ -81% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $110.26 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $110.26 | ↓ -80% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $112.47 | ↓ -80% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $113.57 | ↓ -80% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $117.98 | ↓ -79% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $140.81 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $146.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $146.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $159.88 | ↓ -72% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $163.90 | ↓ -71% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $165.39 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $166.88 | ↓ -70% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $167.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $181.78 | ↓ -68% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $208.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $228.09 | ↓ -59% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $253.30 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $298.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $330.78 | ↓ -41% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $642.60 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $706.86 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $803.25 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $867.51 | ↑ +54% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $931.77 | ↑ +66% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,060.29 | ↑ +89% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2,249.10 | ↑ +300% |
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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,480.00 | $684.66 – $1,502.05 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $1,528.10 | $684.66 – $1,502.05 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $562.28 | $37.97 – $642.60 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $162.70 | $124.59 – $747.50 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $562.28 | $146.02 – $2,249.10 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $162.70 | $124.59 – $747.50 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $162.70 | $124.59 – $747.50 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $562.28 | $65.56 – $298.00 |