Exchange drainage catheter 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

$609.70

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.

$3,484.00

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.

$594.35 with SUPERIOR vs $4,168.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $594.35 ↓ -3%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $606.24 ↓ -1%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $606.24 ↓ -1%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $624.07 ↑ +2%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $624.07 ↑ +2%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $742.94 ↑ +22%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,224.51 ↑ +101%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,249.49 ↑ +105%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,249.49 ↑ +105%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,274.48 ↑ +109%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,286.98 ↑ +111%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,336.96 ↑ +119%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,586.91 ↑ +160%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,595.64 ↑ +162%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,616.63 ↑ +165%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,654.73 ↑ +171%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,654.73 ↑ +171%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,811.77 ↑ +197%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,857.35 ↑ +205%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,874.24 ↑ +207%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,891.12 ↑ +210%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,899.57 ↑ +212%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,059.97 ↑ +238%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↑ +248%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,180.36 ↑ +258%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,195.93 ↑ +260%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,336.10 ↑ +283%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,363.90 ↑ +288%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,569.71 ↑ +321%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,584.76 ↑ +324%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,870.45 ↑ +371%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,377.00 ↑ +454%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $3,748.47 ↑ +515%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,168.00 ↑ +584%

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