Echo tee guidance at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$1,638.53
Cash price 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.
$9,363.00
Gross charge 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.
$222.98 with SUPERIOR vs $9,363.00 with BCBS-TX — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $222.98 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $227.44 | ↓ -86% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $227.44 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $234.13 | ↓ -86% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $234.13 | ↓ -86% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $323.32 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $471.19 | ↓ -71% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $552.99 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $554.07 | ↓ -66% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $564.14 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $587.21 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $653.51 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,033.00 | ↓ -37% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $1,192.85 | ↓ -27% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,217.19 | ↓ -26% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1,217.19 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1,241.54 | ↓ -24% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $1,253.71 | ↓ -23% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1,302.40 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1,764.93 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,825.79 | ↑ +11% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,026.00 | ↑ +24% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $2,359.48 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $3,244.28 | ↑ +98% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,499.89 | ↑ +114% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $3,651.57 | ↑ +123% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $3,932.46 | ↑ +140% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $3,955.87 | ↑ +141% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $4,587.87 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $5,149.65 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,617.80 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $5,711.43 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5,992.32 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $6,179.58 | ↑ +277% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $7,958.55 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $8,426.70 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $9,363.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Echo tee guidance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,967.40 | $238.59 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,773.93 | $219.86 – $4,717.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,967.40 | $235.25 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,967.40 | $219.86 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,773.93 | $219.86 – $5,660.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |