Drainage ext aud canal abscess 69020 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

$113.05

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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.

$646.00

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.

$37.21 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 $37.21 ↓ -67%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $37.96 ↓ -66%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $37.96 ↓ -66%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $38.72 ↓ -66%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $39.10 ↓ -65%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $40.62 ↓ -64%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $55.05 ↓ -51%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $56.94 ↓ -50%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $73.59 ↓ -35%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $101.18 ↓ -10%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $109.15 ↓ -3%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $113.88 ↑ +1%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $122.64 ↑ +8%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $123.37 ↑ +9%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $155.23 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $158.33 ↑ +40%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $158.33 ↑ +40%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $160.60 ↑ +42%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $162.99 ↑ +44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $162.99 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $175.20 ↑ +55%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $178.12 ↑ +58%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $186.88 ↑ +65%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $192.72 ↑ +70%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $225.08 ↑ +99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $242.52 ↑ +115%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $244.25 ↑ +116%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $248.20 ↑ +120%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $259.85 ↑ +130%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $262.80 ↑ +132%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $285.83 ↑ +153%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $292.00 ↑ +158%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $316.54 ↑ +180%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $384.97 ↑ +241%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $392.73 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1234%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +2518%

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