Cystoscopy & ureter catheter 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

$59.15

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.

$338.00

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.

$43.07 with PGT vs $8,788.00 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.

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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
PGT Medicare|All Plans $43.07 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $43.94 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $43.94 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $44.82 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $45.26 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $47.02 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $63.72 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $65.91 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $85.18 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $117.12 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $126.35 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $131.82 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $141.96 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $142.81 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $185.90 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $202.80 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $206.18 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $216.32 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $223.08 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $287.30 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $304.20 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $338.00 ↑ +471%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $686.75 ↑ +1061%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $700.49 ↑ +1084%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $700.49 ↑ +1084%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $721.09 ↑ +1119%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $721.09 ↑ +1119%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $995.79 ↑ +1583%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,703.14 ↑ +2779%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,737.48 ↑ +2837%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,480.17 ↑ +4093%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,497.89 ↑ +4123%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,657.33 ↑ +4393%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,923.06 ↑ +4842%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +5557%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,479.00 ↑ +7472%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8,788.00 ↑ +14757%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,416.48 $71.00 – $5,124.73
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