Metered dose inhaler drug 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

$57.68

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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.

$329.60

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.

$22.73 with Cigna vs $148.40 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 $22.73 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $22.73 ↓ -61%
United Commercial|Exchange $26.74 ↓ -54%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $44.12 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $48.13 ↓ -17%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $48.48 ↓ -16%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $49.47 ↓ -14%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $49.47 ↓ -14%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $50.46 ↓ -13%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $50.95 ↓ -12%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $52.93 ↓ -8%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $63.17 ↑ +10%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $71.73 ↑ +24%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $73.53 ↑ +27%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $74.20 ↑ +29%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $74.87 ↑ +30%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $75.21 ↑ +30%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $81.56 ↑ +41%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $93.59 ↑ +62%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $113.64 ↑ +97%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $133.69 ↑ +132%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $148.40 ↑ +157%

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $57.68 $17.04 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $431.10 $4.50 – $11.84
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $86.37 $26.80 – $116.12
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $431.10 $2.61 – $11.84
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $431.10 $2.14 – $12.32
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $38.08 – $38.08

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