Fluoroguide needle placement at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$334.08
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.
$1,909.00
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.
$169.34 with BCBS-TX vs $1,909.00 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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| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $169.34 | ↓ -49% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $187.99 | ↓ -44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $199.93 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $220.82 | ↓ -34% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $243.21 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $248.17 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $248.17 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $253.14 | ↓ -24% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $255.62 | ↓ -23% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $265.55 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $359.85 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $372.26 | ↑ +11% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $458.16 | ↑ +37% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $467.33 | ↑ +40% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $467.33 | ↑ +40% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $481.07 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $481.07 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $481.07 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $661.47 | ↑ +98% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $664.34 | ↑ +99% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $713.59 | ↑ +114% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $744.51 | ↑ +123% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $801.78 | ↑ +140% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $806.56 | ↑ +141% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $935.41 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,049.95 | ↑ +214% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,136.24 | ↑ +240% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,145.40 | ↑ +243% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,159.15 | ↑ +247% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,164.49 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,221.76 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,259.94 | ↑ +277% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,622.65 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,718.10 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,909.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $680.87 | $287.21 – $287.21 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $567.67 | $149.20 – $804.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $487.05 | $100.25 – $730.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $419.75 | $83.95 – $524.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $567.67 | $151.38 – $804.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $487.05 | $156.34 – $730.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $487.05 | $251.64 – $730.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $419.75 | $139.92 – $629.62 |