Ghs chemo >8 hrs 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

$238.18

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.

$1,361.00

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.

$173.40 with PGT vs $1,361.00 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.

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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 $173.40 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $176.93 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $176.93 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $180.47 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $182.24 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $189.32 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $256.55 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $265.40 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $285.45 ↑ +20%
United Commercial|Exchange $311.00 ↑ +31%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $335.65 ↑ +41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $342.98 ↑ +44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $355.73 ↑ +49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $395.89 ↑ +66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $471.59 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $508.75 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $530.79 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $571.62 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $575.03 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $610.00 ↑ +156%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $639.67 ↑ +169%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $748.55 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $816.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $830.21 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $871.04 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $898.26 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,156.85 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,224.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,361.00 ↑ +471%

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Ghs chemo >8 hrs at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $832.40 $235.85 – $1,040.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $832.40 $171.34 – $1,248.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $840.52 $168.10 – $1,050.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $832.40 $221.97 – $1,040.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $832.40 $267.20 – $1,248.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $832.40 $430.08 – $1,248.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $840.52 $280.17 – $1,260.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $832.40 $221.97 – $1,040.51

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