Cath follower heyman 20f 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

$12.25

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.

$70.00

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.

$10.70 with BCBS-TX vs $77.70 with Ellwood — 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $10.70 ↓ -13%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $12.41 ↑ +1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $13.23 ↑ +8%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $14.64 ↑ +20%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $25.39 ↑ +107%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $25.90 ↑ +111%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $25.90 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $26.42 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $26.68 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $27.72 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.08 ↑ +170%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $34.30 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $34.30 ↑ +180%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $37.56 ↑ +207%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $38.50 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $38.85 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $39.20 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $39.38 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $42.70 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $49.00 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $53.58 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $59.50 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $70.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $77.70 ↑ +534%

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Cath follower heyman 20f at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $12.87 $6.61 – $36.75
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $12.25 $8.92 – $63.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $12.87 $8.10 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $12.87 $8.10 – $36.75
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $12.25 $10.70 – $59.50
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $12.87 $8.10 – $36.75
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $12.87 $8.10 – $36.75
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $12.25 $10.70 – $63.00

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