Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) 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

$0.09

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.

$0.48

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.

$0.02 with Cigna vs $0.38 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
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $0.02 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $0.02 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|Exchange $0.02 ↓ -78%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $0.03 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $0.04 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $0.07 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $0.07 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $0.08 ↓ -11%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $0.13 ↑ +44%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $0.13 ↑ +44%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $0.13 ↑ +44%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $0.13 ↑ +44%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $0.13 ↑ +44%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $0.14 ↑ +56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $0.17 ↑ +89%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $0.19 ↑ +111%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $0.19 ↑ +111%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $0.19 ↑ +111%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $0.20 ↑ +122%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $0.20 ↑ +122%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $0.21 ↑ +133%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $0.24 ↑ +167%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $0.27 ↑ +200%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $0.29 ↑ +222%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $0.34 ↑ +278%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $0.38 ↑ +322%

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Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $30.12 $0.12 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $65.44 $0.02 – $2.05
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $56.70 $0.07 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $32.05 $0.02 – $2.05
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $61.74 $0.02 – $2.05
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $61.65 $0.02 – $2.05
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.84 $0.03 – $54.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $281.97 $0.02 – $35.06

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