CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with 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

$1,474.38

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.

$8,425.00

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.

$461.69 with SUPERIOR vs $8,425.00 with BCBS-TX — 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $461.69 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $470.92 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $470.92 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $484.77 ↓ -67%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $484.77 ↓ -67%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $669.45 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $731.00 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $850.00 ↓ -42%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,073.35 ↓ -27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,076.82 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,095.25 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,095.25 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,117.16 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,128.11 ↓ -23%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,144.99 ↓ -22%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,168.08 ↓ -21%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,171.92 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,244.83 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,248.65 ↓ -15%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,466.30 ↓ -1%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,588.12 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,642.88 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,123.10 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,919.27 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3,149.27 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $3,285.75 ↑ +123%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,289.00 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,538.50 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $3,559.57 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $4,633.75 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,055.00 ↑ +243%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,392.00 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $5,560.50 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,161.25 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $7,582.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $8,425.00 ↑ +471%

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $7,414.63 $1,779.42 – $1,779.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,890.61 $312.08 – $4,863.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,806.96 $494.01 – $5,710.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,842.06 $312.08 – $4,802.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,890.61 $312.08 – $4,863.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,806.96 $332.94 – $5,710.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,806.96 $312.08 – $5,710.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,842.06 $312.08 – $5,763.09

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