Compare: Grimes St Joseph Health Center vs Aspire Hospital

Comparing cash prices at two hospitals on the 204 procedures both publish. Start over ·

Aspire Hospital is cheaper overall — its cash prices run about 40% lower than Grimes St Joseph Health Center (median across 204 shared procedures), winning on 115 of them.
Grimes St Joseph Health Center
Navasota, TX

ER wait 94 min
cheaper on 89
Aspire Hospital
Conroe, TX
cheaper on 115
ProcedureGrimes St Joseph Health CenterAspire HospitalMedicare
Abdominal ultrasound$308$200$100
Abdominal ultrasound (complete)$310$200$114
Abdominal ultrasound (limited)$232$200$86
Albumin blood test$27$38$5
Aldosterone test$103$191$41
Alkaline phosphatase test$22$77$5
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) test$51$72$17
ALT liver enzyme test$22$114$5
Ammonia blood test$45$61$15
Amniocentesis$314$104$120
Amylase test$62$127$6
Anoscopy$28$58$129
Antinuclear antibody (ANA) test$46$105$12
Arterial blood gas (ABG)$102$132$26
AST liver enzyme test$25$102$5
Barium swallow study$185$80$107
Basic metabolic panel$99$168$8
Bilirubin blood test$37$61$5
Blood clotting test (PT/INR)$47$65$4
Blood glucose test$31$45$5
BNP (heart failure) test$65$98$39
Bone scan (nuclear)$853$366$259
Breathing tube insertion (intubation)$191$192$133
C-reactive protein (CRP)$46$56$5
CA 19-9 tumor marker test$58$88$21
CA-125 ovarian marker test$61$88$21
Calcium blood test$28$54$5
Cardioversion$798$137$155
Carotid artery ultrasound$338$200$156
CEA tumor marker test$76$77$19
Chemotherapy infusion$172$188$81
Chemotherapy infusion (each additional)$89$40$28
Chemotherapy infusion (first hour)$256$188$133
Chest X-ray$169$80$37
Chickenpox (varicella) vaccine$780$402
CK-MB heart enzyme test$31$122$12
Clotting time test (PTT)$53$65$6
Complete blood count (CBC)$40$68$7
Complete blood count (CBC) (complete)$38$81$8
Complex wound repair$165$302$390
Comprehensive metabolic panel$136$181$11
Copper blood test$146$185$12
Creatine kinase (CK) test$31$76$7
CT angiography of the chest$671$350$281
CT angiography of the head$588$300$274
CT scan of the abdomen$746$300$230
CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast$1,474$300$300
CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis without contrast$1,401$250$183
CT scan of the abdomen with and without contrast$794$350$259
CT scan of the abdomen with contrast$746$300$230
CT scan of the abdomen without contrast$667$250$136
CT scan of the chest$646$300$167
CT scan of the chest with and without contrast$762$350$196
CT scan of the chest with contrast$646$300$167
CT scan of the chest without contrast$565$250$133
CT scan of the head$745$300$148
CT scan of the head with and without contrast$837$350$173
CT scan of the head with contrast$745$300$148
CT scan of the head without contrast$511$250$107
CT scan of the lower back (lumbar spine)$692$300$169
CT scan of the lower back (lumbar spine) with and without contrast$813$350$197
CT scan of the lower back (lumbar spine) with contrast$692$300$169
CT scan of the lower back (lumbar spine) without contrast$528$250$130
CT scan of the neck$611$300$183
CT scan of the neck (cervical spine)$625$300$168
CT scan of the neck (cervical spine) with and without contrast$694$350$196
CT scan of the neck (cervical spine) with contrast$625$300$168
CT scan of the neck (cervical spine) without contrast$569$250$131
CT scan of the neck with and without contrast$746$350$220
CT scan of the neck with contrast$611$300$183
CT scan of the pelvis$537$300$226
CT scan of the pelvis with and without contrast$692$350$251
CT scan of the pelvis with contrast$537$300$226
CT scan of the pelvis without contrast$484$250$133
CT scan of the sinuses$734$275$152
CT scan of the sinuses with and without contrast$793$350$184
CT scan of the sinuses with contrast$734$300$152
CT scan of the sinuses without contrast$551$250$128
D-dimer test$89$164$10
DHEA-sulfate test$33$170$22
Drug screen (urine)$142$320$17
Echocardiogram$201$170$138
Echocardiogram without contrast$337$196$138
Electrolyte panel$94$187$7
Estradiol (estrogen) test$88$241$28
Fallopian tube X-ray (HSG)$264$75$164
Family therapy session$68$151$110
Fecal occult blood (stool) test$5$20$10
Fecal occult blood (stool) test (guaiac, gFOBT)$5$20$4
Ferritin (iron) test$46$63$14
Folate (folic acid) test$37$56$15
Free T4 thyroid test$33$62$9
FSH hormone test$62$192$19
GGT liver test$20$81$7
Glucose tolerance test$50$151$8
Group therapy session$67$36$30
H. pylori test$44$225$67
HDL cholesterol test$27$88$8
Hemoglobin A1c (diabetes test)$29$72$10
Hemorrhoid removal$138$499$338
Hepatitis B test$37$65$10
Hepatitis C test$47$48$14
Home sleep apnea test$189$148$123
Iron blood test$32$53$6
Kidney scan (nuclear)$620$245$172
Kidney stone shock-wave (lithotripsy)$2,561$751$760
Kidney ultrasound$270$200$84
Kidney ultrasound (limited)$266$200$61
Knee joint injection$298$57$69
Lactate test$37$62$12
Laryngoscopy$81$88$189
LDH test$29$39$6
LDL cholesterol test$27$55$11
Leg artery angioplasty$5,830$16,999
Leg vein ultrasound (Doppler)$386$200$150
LH hormone test$68$195$19
Lipase test$54$133$7
Lipid (cholesterol) panel$56$169$13
Liver function panel$111$223$8
Lung function test (PFT)$150$52$37
Magnesium blood test$40$42$7
MRA of the brain$639$500$226
MRA of the brain with contrast$639$500$226
MRA of the brain without contrast$932$500$328
MRA of the neck$1,018$500$245
MRA of the neck with contrast$1,018$500$245
MRA of the neck without contrast$1,433$500$343
MRI of the abdomen$748$500$300
MRI of the abdomen with contrast$1,160$500$300
MRI of the abdomen without contrast$427$400$194
MRI of the brain$892$500$269
MRI of the brain with contrast$892$500$269
MRI of the brain without contrast$784$400$195
MRI of the chest$963$500$371
MRI of the chest with contrast$963$500$371
MRI of the chest without contrast$1,138$500$466
MRI of the lower back (lumbar spine)$1,051$500$270
MRI of the lower back (lumbar spine) with contrast$1,051$500$270
MRI of the lower back (lumbar spine) without contrast$828$400$192
MRI of the mid-back (thoracic spine)$911$500$271
MRI of the mid-back (thoracic spine) with and without contrast$1,250$500$319
MRI of the mid-back (thoracic spine) with contrast$911$500$271
MRI of the mid-back (thoracic spine) without contrast$828$400$190
MRI of the neck (cervical spine)$1,260$500$274
MRI of the neck (cervical spine) with and without contrast$1,460$500$318
MRI of the neck (cervical spine) with contrast$1,260$500$274
MRI of the neck (cervical spine) without contrast$869$400$191
MRI of the pelvis$881$500$268
MRI of the pelvis with contrast$881$500$268
MRI of the pelvis without contrast$650$400$227
Office visit (established patient)$88$103$115
Office visit (new patient)$168$170$177
Office visit, established patient (level 3)$130$83$95
Office visit, established patient (level 4)$88$123$136
Office visit, new patient (level 3)$191$104$118
Office visit, new patient (level 4)$223$170$177
Office visit, new patient (level 5)$130$232$237
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) test$70$89$41
Pelvic ultrasound$217$200$78
Pelvic ultrasound (complete)$295$200$105
Pelvic ultrasound (limited)$139$200$51
PET scan$2,293$4,982
Phosphorus blood test$45$32$5
Pregnancy blood test (hCG)$58$97$8
Pregnancy ultrasound$306$200$126
Pregnancy ultrasound (first trimester)$283$200$117
Pregnancy ultrasound (second or third trimester)$329$200$136
Prolactin test$75$175$19
Prostate test (PSA)$51$103$18
Psychiatric evaluation$57$202$188
Psychotherapy session$66$167$140
Scoliosis spine X-ray$469$80$58
Scoliosis spine X-ray (1 view)$341$80$44
Scoliosis spine X-ray (3 views)$597$80$72
Sedimentation rate (ESR) test$20$49$3
Sex hormone binding globulin test$40$136$22
Simple laceration repair (small, up to 2.5 cm)$419$63$114
Simple wound stitches$419$73$127
Sleep study (polysomnography)$1,938$1,001$691
Spinal tap (lumbar puncture)$404$85$165
Spirometry (lung function test)$150$42$30
Spirometry with bronchodilator$309$62$43
Stress echocardiogram$641$264$209
T3 thyroid test$55$72$14
Testosterone test$65$185$26
Thyroid test (TSH)$34$80$17
Total IgE allergy test$65$135$16
Total protein test$29$43$4
Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)$1,134$342$239
Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) with and without contrast$1,134$342$239
Transvaginal ultrasound$196$167$118
Triglycerides test$24$102$6
Troponin (heart) test$47$80$12
Upper GI endoscopy (EGD)$394$169$371
Upper GI series (barium)$390$80$128
Uric acid (gout) test$39$58$5
Urinalysis$58$70$3
Urine microalbumin test$24$90$5
Urine pregnancy test$76$48$9
Vitamin B12 test$37$62$15
Vitamin D test$73$155$30
X-ray of the facial bones$125$66$39
X-ray of the skull$165$57$40
Zinc blood test$23$90$11

Green = lower cash price. Source: hospitals' machine-readable files (45 CFR §180). Estimates — confirm with the hospital.