Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$509.95

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.

$2,914.00

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.

$225.90 with BCBS-TX vs $3,566.74 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $225.90 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $265.64 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $281.53 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $313.32 ↓ -39%
United Commercial|Exchange $670.00 ↑ +31%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,056.62 ↑ +107%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,078.18 ↑ +111%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,078.18 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,099.75 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,110.53 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,153.66 ↑ +126%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $1,311.30 ↑ +157%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,316.00 ↑ +158%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,337.53 ↑ +162%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,337.53 ↑ +162%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,369.58 ↑ +169%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,376.87 ↑ +170%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,376.87 ↑ +170%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,376.87 ↑ +170%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,563.37 ↑ +207%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,602.70 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,617.27 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,631.84 ↑ +220%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,639.13 ↑ +221%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,639.13 ↑ +221%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,719.26 ↑ +237%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,777.54 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,039.80 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,230.38 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,476.90 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,914.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $3,234.54 ↑ +534%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,501.18 ↑ +587%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $3,566.74 ↑ +599%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,597.43 $437.05 – $437.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $845.09 $239.44 – $3,000.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $686.86 $141.38 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,013.20 $202.64 – $7,280.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $845.09 $225.36 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $686.86 $220.48 – $10,880.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $686.86 $354.88 – $1,030.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,013.20 $337.73 – $7,280.00

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