Pamidronate 30 mg/10 ml (3 mg/ml) intravenous solution 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

$14.99

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$85.61

Gross charge

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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.

$11.40 with BCBS-TX vs $95.03 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

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

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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $11.40 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.58 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $14.56 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.56 ↓ -3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $18.59 ↑ +24%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $19.08 ↑ +27%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.76 ↑ +38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $21.81 ↑ +45%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $28.26 ↑ +89%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $31.05 ↑ +107%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $31.68 ↑ +111%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $31.68 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $32.31 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $32.63 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $33.90 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $40.46 ↑ +170%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $45.93 ↑ +206%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $47.09 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $47.52 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $47.95 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $48.16 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $52.23 ↑ +248%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $59.93 ↑ +300%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $72.77 ↑ +385%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $85.61 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $95.03 ↑ +534%

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Pamidronate 30 mg/10 ml (3 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $254.73 $31.80 – $31.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $50.47 $13.67 – $71.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $50.47 $10.39 – $75.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $50.47 $10.09 – $63.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $50.47 $13.46 – $71.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $50.47 $13.67 – $75.71
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $274.51 $30.89 – $39.06
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $32.45 $11.29 – $92.92

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