Dilate urethra stricture 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

$127.75

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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.

$730.00

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.

$15.42 with PGT vs $2,960.00 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 $15.42 ↓ -88%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -88%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -88%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $16.05 ↓ -87%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $16.21 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $16.84 ↓ -87%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $22.81 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $23.60 ↓ -82%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $30.50 ↓ -76%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $36.69 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $37.42 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $37.42 ↓ -71%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $38.52 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $38.52 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $41.93 ↓ -67%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $45.23 ↓ -65%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $47.19 ↓ -63%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $50.82 ↓ -60%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $51.13 ↓ -60%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $53.20 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $55.08 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $55.47 ↓ -57%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $59.01 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $64.91 ↓ -49%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $66.55 ↓ -48%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $72.60 ↓ -43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $73.81 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $77.44 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $79.86 ↓ -37%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $90.99 ↓ -29%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $92.83 ↓ -27%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $102.85 ↓ -19%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $108.90 ↓ -15%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $121.00 ↓ -5%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1080%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +2161%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +2217%

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