Diffusing capacity 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

$179.20

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.

$1,024.00

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.

$93.23 with BCBS-TX vs $1,136.64 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 $93.23 ↓ -48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $109.63 ↓ -39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $116.19 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $129.31 ↓ -28%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $371.31 ↑ +107%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $378.88 ↑ +111%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $378.88 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $386.46 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $390.25 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $405.41 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|Exchange $447.00 ↑ +149%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $483.84 ↑ +170%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $501.76 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $501.76 ↑ +180%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $549.38 ↑ +207%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $563.20 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $568.32 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $573.44 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $576.00 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $624.64 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $716.80 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $783.77 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $870.40 ↑ +386%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $877.00 ↑ +389%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,024.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,136.64 ↑ +534%

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Diffusing capacity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $395.37 $112.02 – $560.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $434.72 $89.48 – $652.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $478.63 $95.73 – $598.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $395.37 $105.43 – $560.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $434.72 $139.55 – $652.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $434.72 $224.61 – $652.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $478.63 $141.49 – $717.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $395.37 $105.43 – $560.11

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