Drain neck/chest lesion 21501 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

$100.45

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.

$574.00

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.

$208.14 with PGT vs $8,788.00 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 $208.14 ↑ +107%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $212.38 ↑ +111%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $212.38 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $216.63 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $218.76 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $227.25 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $271.22 ↑ +170%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $307.96 ↑ +207%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $315.70 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $318.57 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $321.44 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $322.88 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $350.14 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $401.80 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $439.34 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $487.90 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $574.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $637.14 ↑ +534%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $857.59 ↑ +754%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $874.74 ↑ +771%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $874.74 ↑ +771%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $900.47 ↑ +796%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $900.47 ↑ +796%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,071.99 ↑ +967%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,289.77 ↑ +2180%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,332.64 ↑ +2222%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,246.45 ↑ +3132%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,269.63 ↑ +3155%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +3231%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,478.34 ↑ +3363%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,826.17 ↑ +3709%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,479.00 ↑ +4359%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,568.00 ↑ +4448%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,788.00 ↑ +8649%

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Drain neck/chest lesion 21501 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,727.07 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,220.39 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,074.02 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,727.07 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,220.39 $85.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,220.39 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,074.02 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,727.07 $815.20 – $7,039.11

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