Ghs change cysto/gastrost 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

$169.93

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.

$971.00

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.

$115.88 with SUPERIOR vs $2,960.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $115.88 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $118.20 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $118.20 ↓ -30%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $121.67 ↓ -28%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $121.67 ↓ -28%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $123.71 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $126.23 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $126.23 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $128.76 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $130.02 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $135.07 ↓ -21%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $168.03 ↓ -1%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $183.04 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $189.35 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $244.70 ↑ +44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $287.38 ↑ +69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $293.18 ↑ +73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $328.86 ↑ +94%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $331.21 ↑ +95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $336.46 ↑ +98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $352.35 ↑ +107%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $362.96 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $378.69 ↑ +123%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $387.59 ↑ +128%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $407.82 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $410.25 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $534.05 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $582.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $592.31 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $621.44 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $640.86 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $825.35 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $873.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $971.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +787%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +1600%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +1642%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $559.69 $293.63 – $4,826.69
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $625.78 $117.86 – $938.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $625.78 $110.15 – $938.67
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