Ear irrigation 69209 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

$29.05

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.

$166.00

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.

$60.20 with PGT vs $2,960.00 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 $60.20 ↑ +107%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $61.42 ↑ +111%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $61.42 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $62.65 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $63.27 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $65.72 ↑ +126%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $74.70 ↑ +157%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $76.20 ↑ +162%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $76.20 ↑ +162%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $77.01 ↑ +165%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $77.56 ↑ +167%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $78.44 ↑ +170%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $78.44 ↑ +170%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $78.44 ↑ +170%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $81.34 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $81.34 ↑ +180%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $82.52 ↑ +184%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $89.06 ↑ +207%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $90.77 ↑ +212%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $91.30 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $92.13 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $92.96 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $93.38 ↑ +221%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $93.38 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $101.26 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $116.20 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $127.06 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $141.10 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $166.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $184.26 ↑ +534%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $199.45 ↑ +587%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $203.19 ↑ +599%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +5091%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +10089%

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