Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$1.69

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.

$9.61

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.

$3.49 with PGT vs $20.06 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
PGT Medicare|All Plans $3.49 ↑ +107%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3.56 ↑ +111%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3.56 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3.63 ↑ +115%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↑ +117%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3.81 ↑ +125%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $4.55 ↑ +169%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $5.16 ↑ +205%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $5.29 ↑ +213%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5.34 ↑ +216%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $5.39 ↑ +219%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $5.41 ↑ +220%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.87 ↑ +247%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $6.73 ↑ +298%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7.36 ↑ +336%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $8.17 ↑ +383%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9.61 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $9.61 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $9.61 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $9.61 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9.61 ↑ +469%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $9.61 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $9.61 ↑ +469%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $10.67 ↑ +531%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.16 ↑ +620%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.06 ↑ +1087%

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $209.79 $11.94 – $172.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $88.52 $39.86 – $64.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $74.82 $12.08 – $172.01
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $31.96 $14.52 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $164.85 $9.07 – $58.32
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $21.77 $11.94 – $172.01

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