Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 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

$1,234.80

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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.

$7,056.00

Gross charge

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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.

$898.94 with PGT vs $9,871.00 with Cigna — 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 $898.94 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $917.28 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $917.28 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $935.63 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $944.80 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $981.49 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,330.06 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,375.92 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +22%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,727.31 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,778.12 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,444.91 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,637.54 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,751.84 ↑ +123%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +140%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,963.52 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,981.16 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $3,880.80 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $4,233.60 ↑ +243%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $4,284.41 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $4,304.16 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $4,515.84 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $4,656.96 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,997.60 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $6,350.40 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $7,056.00 ↑ +471%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9,871.00 ↑ +699%

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Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $10,842.14 $3,071.94 – $15,359.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,978.93 $71.00 – $4,468.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,234.87 $71.00 – $2,793.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $10,842.14 $2,891.24 – $15,359.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,978.93 $85.00 – $4,468.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,978.93 $1,539.12 – $4,468.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,234.87 $71.00 – $3,352.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $10,842.14 $1,896.00 – $15,359.70

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