Bundle his recording 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

$1,156.93

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.

$6,611.00

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.

$842.25 with PGT vs $24,626.00 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 $842.25 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $859.43 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $859.43 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $876.62 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $885.22 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $919.60 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,246.18 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,289.15 ↑ +11%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,618.38 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,665.98 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,290.72 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,471.20 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,578.29 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,776.62 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,793.15 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $3,636.05 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,966.60 ↑ +243%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,014.20 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,032.71 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,231.04 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,363.26 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,619.35 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,949.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $6,611.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $8,239.99 ↑ +612%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $8,298.85 ↑ +617%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $8,828.57 ↑ +663%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9,711.42 ↑ +739%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9,871.00 ↑ +753%
United Commercial|Exchange $12,550.00 ↑ +985%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $24,626.00 ↑ +2029%

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