Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$123.73
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.
$707.00
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.
$29.36 with United vs $636.30 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.
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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $29.36 | ↓ -76% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $31.97 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $32.62 | ↓ -74% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $32.62 | ↓ -74% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $33.27 | ↓ -73% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $33.60 | ↓ -73% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $34.90 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $35.52 | ↓ -71% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $44.69 | ↓ -64% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $45.58 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $45.58 | ↓ -63% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $46.92 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $46.92 | ↓ -62% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $47.30 | ↓ -62% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $48.93 | ↓ -60% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $58.06 | ↓ -53% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $63.42 | ↓ -49% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $64.80 | ↓ -48% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $65.24 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $70.96 | ↓ -43% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $97.86 | ↓ -21% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $106.02 | ↓ -14% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $110.83 | ↓ -10% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $113.07 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $114.50 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $114.50 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $116.78 | ↓ -6% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $134.72 | ↑ +9% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $178.17 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $244.98 | ↑ +98% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $388.85 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $424.20 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $431.27 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $452.48 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $466.62 | ↑ +277% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $600.95 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $636.30 | ↑ +414% |
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Cortisol acth stimulation test - sendout at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $123.73 | $27.40 – $600.95 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $123.73 | $29.36 – $600.95 |
| St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital | Caldwell | $123.73 | $29.36 – $636.30 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $29.36 – $125.59 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $26.85 – $133.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $27.40 – $133.84 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $71.23 – $142.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $26.85 – $133.84 |