Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min 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

$515.90

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.

$2,948.00

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.

$51.64 with BCBS-TX vs $1,316.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $51.64 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $60.72 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $64.36 ↓ -88%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $65.11 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $66.43 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $66.43 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $67.76 ↓ -87%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $68.43 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $71.09 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $71.62 ↓ -86%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $96.33 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $99.65 ↓ -81%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $122.64 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $125.10 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $125.10 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $128.78 ↓ -75%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $128.78 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $128.78 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $177.07 ↓ -66%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $177.83 ↓ -66%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $191.02 ↓ -63%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $199.29 ↓ -61%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $214.62 ↓ -58%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $215.90 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $250.39 ↓ -51%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $281.05 ↓ -46%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $304.15 ↓ -41%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $306.60 ↓ -41%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $310.28 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $311.71 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $327.04 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $337.26 ↓ -35%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $434.35 ↓ -16%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $459.90 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $511.00 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|Exchange $670.00 ↑ +30%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,316.00 ↑ +155%

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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,290.89 $99.91 – $99.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $240.00 $68.00 – $340.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.00 $49.40 – $360.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $240.00 $48.00 – $300.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $240.00 $60.72 – $340.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $240.00 $77.04 – $360.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $240.00 $124.00 – $360.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $240.00 $78.37 – $360.00

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