Skin Biopsy 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

$83.30

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.

$476.00

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.

$67.57 with SUPERIOR vs $2,960.00 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 $67.57 ↓ -19%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $68.92 ↓ -17%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $68.92 ↓ -17%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $70.95 ↓ -15%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $70.95 ↓ -15%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $84.46 ↑ +1%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $106.11 ↑ +27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $106.86 ↑ +28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $113.69 ↑ +36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $125.05 ↑ +50%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $143.96 ↑ +73%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $146.89 ↑ +76%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $146.89 ↑ +76%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $149.83 ↑ +80%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $151.30 ↑ +82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $157.18 ↑ +89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $180.41 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $183.79 ↑ +121%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $187.59 ↑ +125%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $194.53 ↑ +134%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $194.53 ↑ +134%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $213.00 ↑ +156%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $218.35 ↑ +162%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $220.34 ↑ +165%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $222.32 ↑ +167%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $223.32 ↑ +168%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $242.17 ↑ +191%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $277.90 ↑ +234%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $303.87 ↑ +265%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $337.45 ↑ +305%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $397.00 ↑ +377%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $440.67 ↑ +429%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1710%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +3453%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $269.02 $64.23 – $878.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $360.34 $68.73 – $540.50
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $269.02 $64.23 – $878.00

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