Electrophysiology evaluation at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$3,101.53
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.
$17,723.00
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.
$360.03 with BCBS-TX vs $24,626.00 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.
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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $360.03 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $423.35 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $448.68 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $499.34 | ↓ -84% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $2,257.92 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $2,303.99 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $2,303.99 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $2,350.07 | ↓ -24% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,373.11 | ↓ -23% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $2,465.27 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $3,340.79 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $3,455.99 | ↑ +11% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4,338.60 | ↑ +40% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $4,466.20 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $6,141.02 | ↑ +98% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $6,624.86 | ↑ +114% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $6,911.97 | ↑ +123% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $7,443.66 | ↑ +140% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,487.97 | ↑ +141% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $9,747.65 | ↑ +214% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $9,871.00 | ↑ +218% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $10,633.80 | ↑ +243% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $10,761.41 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $10,811.03 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,342.72 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $11,697.18 | ↑ +277% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $12,550.00 | ↑ +305% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $15,064.55 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $15,950.70 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $17,723.00 | ↑ +471% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $24,626.00 | ↑ +694% |
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Electrophysiology evaluation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $9,934.07 | $555.42 – $14,073.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $9,957.23 | $546.38 – $14,935.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,971.38 | $546.38 – $8,714.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $9,934.07 | $423.35 – $14,073.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $9,957.23 | $667.59 – $14,935.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $9,957.23 | $5,144.57 – $14,935.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $6,971.38 | $546.38 – $10,457.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $9,934.07 | $555.42 – $14,073.27 |