Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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

$58.98

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.

$337.00

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.

$5.42 with BCBS-TX vs $374.07 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $5.42 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $8.84 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $9.08 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $10.38 ↓ -82%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.29 ↓ -79%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $20.28 ↓ -66%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $122.20 ↑ +107%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $124.69 ↑ +111%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $124.69 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $127.19 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $128.44 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $133.42 ↑ +126%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $159.24 ↑ +170%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $165.13 ↑ +180%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $165.13 ↑ +180%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $180.81 ↑ +207%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $185.35 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $187.04 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $188.72 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $189.57 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $205.57 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $235.90 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $257.94 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $286.45 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $337.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $374.07 ↑ +534%

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $191.98 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $235.55 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $244.54 $4.19 – $38.28
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $8.82 $4.28 – $18.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $9.10 $3.54 – $26.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $58.98 $5.42 – $303.30
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $11.25 $8.41 – $73.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $165.94 $4.19 – $38.28

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