Annual Physical, New Patient (age 40-64) at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital

100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$26.25

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.

$150.00

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.

$19.11 with PGT vs $152.00 with United — 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
PGT Medicare|All Plans $19.11 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $19.50 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $19.50 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $19.89 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $20.09 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $20.87 ↓ -20%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $28.28 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $29.25 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $37.80 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $51.98 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $56.07 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $58.50 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $63.00 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $63.38 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↑ +193%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $82.50 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $90.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $91.50 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $96.00 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $99.00 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $127.50 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $135.00 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $150.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $150.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $150.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $150.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $150.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $152.00 ↑ +479%

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Annual Physical, New Patient (age 40-64) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $26.25 $77.00 – $150.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $26.25 $54.39 – $166.50
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $26.25 $33.00 – $150.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $466.20 – $466.20
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $95.86 – $312.46
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $95.86 – $312.46
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $83.74 – $312.46
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $86.92 – $312.46

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