Tissue culture skin/biopsy at St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital
210 South Judson Street, Navasota, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154317774
$144.03
Cash price 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.
$823.00
Gross charge 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.
$126.66 with United vs $699.55 with Multiplan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $126.66 | ↓ -12% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $137.92 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↓ -2% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $140.73 | ↓ -2% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $143.54 | ↓ -0% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $144.95 | ↑ +1% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $150.58 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $153.23 | ↑ +6% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $192.80 | ↑ +34% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $196.66 | ↑ +37% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $196.66 | ↑ +37% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $202.44 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $202.44 | ↑ +41% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $204.06 | ↑ +42% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $211.10 | ↑ +47% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $241.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $250.50 | ↑ +74% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $273.63 | ↑ +90% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $281.46 | ↑ +95% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $307.25 | ↑ +113% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $388.87 | ↑ +170% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $418.85 | ↑ +191% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $422.19 | ↑ +193% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $452.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $460.88 | ↑ +220% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $462.94 | ↑ +221% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $493.96 | ↑ +243% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $493.96 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $502.03 | ↑ +249% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $503.81 | ↑ +250% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $514.78 | ↑ +257% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $524.42 | ↑ +264% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $581.21 | ↑ +304% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $699.55 | ↑ +386% |
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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $687.36 | $35.00 – $859.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $645.58 | $36.00 – $968.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $626.77 | $36.00 – $783.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $687.36 | $35.00 – $859.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $645.58 | $36.00 – $968.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $645.58 | $26.00 – $968.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $626.77 | $36.00 – $940.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $687.36 | $35.00 – $859.20 |