Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les 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

$72.98

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.

$417.00

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.

$34.40 with PGT vs $2,960.00 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 $34.40 ↓ -53%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $35.10 ↓ -52%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $35.10 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $35.81 ↓ -51%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $36.16 ↓ -50%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $37.56 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $50.00 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $50.90 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $52.65 ↓ -28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $56.00 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $59.00 ↓ -19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $64.80 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $66.00 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $66.10 ↓ -9%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $66.10 ↓ -9%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $68.04 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $68.04 ↓ -7%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $68.04 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $93.56 ↑ +28%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $93.96 ↑ +29%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $100.93 ↑ +38%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $105.30 ↑ +44%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $113.40 ↑ +55%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $114.08 ↑ +56%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $132.30 ↑ +81%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $148.50 ↑ +103%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $160.71 ↑ +120%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $162.00 ↑ +122%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $163.95 ↑ +125%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $164.70 ↑ +126%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $172.80 ↑ +137%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $178.20 ↑ +144%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $229.50 ↑ +214%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $243.00 ↑ +233%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $270.00 ↑ +270%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1966%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +3956%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $227.13 $64.35 – $321.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $249.40 $51.34 – $374.10
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $249.40 $128.86 – $374.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $258.08 $71.00 – $387.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $227.13 $60.57 – $321.77

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