Valvuloplasty aortic at St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital
210 South Judson Street, Navasota, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154317774
$1,569.93
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.
$8,971.00
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.
$3,252.89 with PGT vs $19,815.64 with BCBS-TX — 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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| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $3,252.89 | ↑ +107% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,319.27 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $3,319.27 | ↑ +111% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $3,385.66 | ↑ +116% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $3,418.85 | ↑ +118% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,551.62 | ↑ +126% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4,238.80 | ↑ +170% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $4,812.95 | ↑ +207% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $4,934.05 | ↑ +214% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $4,978.91 | ↑ +217% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $5,023.76 | ↑ +220% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $5,046.19 | ↑ +221% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $5,472.31 | ↑ +249% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $6,279.70 | ↑ +300% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,866.41 | ↑ +337% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $7,625.35 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $8,971.00 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $9,379.00 | ↑ +497% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $9,957.81 | ↑ +534% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $12,398.00 | ↑ +690% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $14,118.64 | ↑ +799% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $16,843.29 | ↑ +973% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $16,925.00 | ↑ +978% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $17,784.54 | ↑ +1033% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $18,403.00 | ↑ +1072% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $19,815.64 | ↑ +1162% |
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Valvuloplasty aortic at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $16,030.65 | $4,542.02 – $20,038.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $13,324.96 | $2,742.72 – $19,987.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $9,551.60 | $1,910.32 – $14,159.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $16,030.65 | $4,274.84 – $20,038.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $13,324.96 | $4,277.31 – $19,987.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $13,324.96 | $6,884.56 – $19,987.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $9,551.60 | $3,183.87 – $14,327.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $16,030.65 | $4,274.84 – $20,038.31 |