Drng salivary gland simple 42300 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

$226.45

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.

$1,294.00

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.

$34.15 with PGT vs $4,168.00 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 $34.15 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $34.84 ↓ -85%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $34.84 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $35.54 ↓ -84%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $35.89 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $37.28 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $50.52 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $52.26 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $67.54 ↓ -70%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $92.87 ↓ -59%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $100.18 ↓ -56%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $104.52 ↓ -54%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $112.56 ↓ -50%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $113.23 ↓ -50%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $147.40 ↓ -35%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $160.80 ↓ -29%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $163.48 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $171.52 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $176.88 ↓ -22%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $227.80 ↑ +1%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $241.20 ↑ +7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $268.00 ↑ +18%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $442.51 ↑ +95%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $451.36 ↑ +99%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $451.36 ↑ +99%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $464.64 ↑ +105%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $464.64 ↑ +105%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $641.64 ↑ +183%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,097.42 ↑ +385%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,119.55 ↑ +394%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,889.08 ↑ +734%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,902.57 ↑ +740%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,024.01 ↑ +794%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↑ +838%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,226.41 ↑ +883%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +1175%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,168.00 ↑ +1741%

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