Conversion ext bil drg cath at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$850.85
Cash price 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.
$4,862.00
Gross charge 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.
$619.42 with PGT vs $11,861.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $619.42 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $632.06 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $632.06 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $644.71 | ↓ -24% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $651.03 | ↓ -23% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $676.31 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $916.49 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $948.09 | ↑ +11% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,211.42 | ↑ +42% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,225.23 | ↑ +44% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,235.65 | ↑ +45% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,235.65 | ↑ +45% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,271.99 | ↑ +49% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,271.99 | ↑ +49% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,684.69 | ↑ +98% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $1,756.56 | ↑ +106% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,817.42 | ↑ +114% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,896.18 | ↑ +123% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $2,042.04 | ↑ +140% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,054.20 | ↑ +141% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $2,674.10 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,917.20 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,965.82 | ↑ +249% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,004.32 | ↑ +253% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $3,064.89 | ↑ +260% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3,111.68 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $3,208.92 | ↑ +277% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $4,132.70 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4,353.08 | ↑ +412% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4,375.80 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $4,384.17 | ↑ +415% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4,664.01 | ↑ +448% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $4,862.00 | ↑ +471% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $5,130.41 | ↑ +503% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $6,045.00 | ↑ +610% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $7,855.00 | ↑ +823% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,861.00 | ↑ +1294% |
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Conversion ext bil drg cath at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,896.87 | $1,151.54 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,099.56 | $71.00 – $8,649.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,281.71 | $71.00 – $8,649.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,896.87 | $1,151.54 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,099.56 | $85.00 – $8,649.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,099.56 | $1,151.54 – $8,570.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,281.71 | $71.00 – $8,649.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $4,896.87 | $1,151.54 – $8,570.48 |