CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast 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

$76.13

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$435.00

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$55.42 with PGT vs $3,289.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
PGT Medicare|All Plans $55.42 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $56.55 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $56.55 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $57.69 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $58.25 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $60.51 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $82.00 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $84.83 ↑ +11%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $109.09 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $109.62 ↑ +44%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $111.27 ↑ +46%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $111.27 ↑ +46%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $114.54 ↑ +50%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $114.54 ↑ +50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $150.73 ↑ +98%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $158.18 ↑ +108%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $162.61 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $169.65 ↑ +123%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $181.17 ↑ +138%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $182.70 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $183.79 ↑ +141%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $201.12 ↑ +164%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $213.89 ↑ +181%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $236.24 ↑ +210%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $239.25 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $261.00 ↑ +243%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $270.54 ↑ +255%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $276.00 ↑ +263%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $278.40 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $287.10 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $369.75 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $391.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $435.00 ↑ +471%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $731.00 ↑ +860%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $850.00 ↑ +1017%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +2101%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,289.00 ↑ +4220%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

CT heart w/evaluation of calcium without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $79.00 $47.40 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $217.63 $44.79 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $218.90 $83.05 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $79.00 $61.88 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $217.63 $83.05 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $217.63 $86.58 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $218.90 $83.05 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $79.00 $61.88 – $1,841.00

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →