Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed 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

$233.10

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.

$1,332.00

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.

$169.70 with PGT vs $2,976.22 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 $169.70 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $173.16 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $173.16 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $176.63 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $178.36 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $185.29 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $251.09 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $259.74 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $335.67 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $461.54 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $497.91 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $519.48 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $559.44 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $562.77 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $732.60 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $799.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $812.52 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $852.48 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $879.12 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,132.20 ↑ +386%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $1,176.37 ↑ +405%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,198.80 ↑ +414%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,199.90 ↑ +415%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,199.90 ↑ +415%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,235.19 ↑ +430%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,235.19 ↑ +430%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,332.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +547%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,705.74 ↑ +632%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,283.58 ↑ +880%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,299.89 ↑ +887%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,446.70 ↑ +950%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,691.36 ↑ +1055%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +1139%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,917.40 ↑ +1152%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +1170%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,976.22 ↑ +1177%

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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,336.22 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,519.49 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,966.54 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,336.22 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,519.49 $85.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,519.49 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,966.54 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,336.22 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23

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