Obtaining screen pap smear 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

$9.98

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.

$57.00

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.

$20.67 with PGT vs $63.27 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
PGT Medicare|All Plans $20.67 ↑ +107%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $21.09 ↑ +111%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $21.09 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $21.52 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $21.73 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $22.57 ↑ +126%
United Commercial|Exchange $22.71 ↑ +128%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $26.94 ↑ +170%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $27.93 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $27.93 ↑ +180%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $30.05 ↑ +201%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $30.59 ↑ +207%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $31.35 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $31.64 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $31.92 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $32.07 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $34.77 ↑ +248%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $39.90 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $43.63 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $48.45 ↑ +385%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $57.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $57.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $57.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $57.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $57.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $63.27 ↑ +534%

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Obtaining screen pap smear at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $18.46 $6.15 – $73.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $18.46 $4.61 – $73.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $18.46 $3.38 – $102.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $18.46 $5.84 – $73.76
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $44.52 $86.42 – $86.42
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $21.70 $16.74 – $62.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $9.98 $7.27 – $57.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $21.70 $16.74 – $62.00

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