Carbon dioxide 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

$16.63

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.

$95.00

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.

$4.39 with United vs $85.50 with Multiplan — 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 $4.39 ↓ -74%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $4.79 ↓ -71%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $4.88 ↓ -71%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $4.88 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $4.98 ↓ -70%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5.03 ↓ -70%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.22 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5.32 ↓ -68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $6.69 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $6.82 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.82 ↓ -59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.02 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.02 ↓ -58%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $7.08 ↓ -57%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.32 ↓ -56%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.69 ↓ -48%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9.50 ↓ -43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $9.70 ↓ -42%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $9.76 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $10.58 ↓ -36%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $14.64 ↓ -12%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $15.86 ↓ -5%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.59 ↓ -0%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.93 ↑ +2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $17.13 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $17.13 ↑ +3%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $17.47 ↑ +5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $20.15 ↑ +21%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $23.94 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $32.92 ↑ +98%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $52.25 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $57.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $57.95 ↑ +248%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $60.80 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $62.70 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $80.75 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $85.50 ↑ +414%

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $106.92 $4.39 – $18.79
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $48.08 $4.10 – $60.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $53.69 $7.16 – $80.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $47.00 $4.10 – $58.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $48.08 $4.10 – $60.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $53.69 $4.39 – $80.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $53.69 $4.10 – $80.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $47.00 $4.10 – $70.50

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