X-ray esophogram chest radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$191.80

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.

$1,096.00

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.

$179.00 with United vs $1,216.56 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
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $206.78 ↑ +8%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $220.58 ↑ +15%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $224.99 ↑ +17%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $224.99 ↑ +17%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $231.61 ↑ +21%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $231.61 ↑ +21%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $275.73 ↑ +44%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $282.88 ↑ +47%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↑ +83%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $397.41 ↑ +107%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $405.52 ↑ +111%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $405.52 ↑ +111%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $413.64 ↑ +116%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $413.64 ↑ +116%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $417.69 ↑ +118%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $433.91 ↑ +126%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $459.19 ↑ +139%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $488.35 ↑ +155%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $517.86 ↑ +170%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $539.37 ↑ +181%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $588.01 ↑ +207%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $588.95 ↑ +207%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $599.98 ↑ +213%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $602.80 ↑ +214%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $608.28 ↑ +217%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $613.76 ↑ +220%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $616.50 ↑ +221%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $668.56 ↑ +249%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $767.20 ↑ +300%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $838.88 ↑ +337%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $931.60 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,096.00 ↑ +471%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,216.56 ↑ +534%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $501.34 $97.56 – $626.68
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