Insert vad art access left hrt arterial access 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

$1,526.35

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.

$8,722.00

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.

$625.63 with BCBS-TX vs $9,871.00 with Cigna — 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 Premier $625.63 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $630.10 ↓ -59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $670.32 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $737.35 ↓ -52%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,111.19 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,133.86 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,133.86 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,156.54 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,167.88 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,213.24 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,644.10 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,700.79 ↑ +11%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,135.15 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,197.95 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,476.00 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3,022.18 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3,260.29 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $3,401.58 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $3,663.24 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $3,685.05 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $4,797.10 ↑ +214%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,859.00 ↑ +218%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,233.20 ↑ +243%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $5,296.00 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5,320.42 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $5,582.08 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $5,756.52 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,413.70 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $7,849.80 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $8,722.00 ↑ +471%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9,871.00 ↑ +547%

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Insert vad art access left hrt arterial access at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $8,898.90 $2,521.36 – $12,606.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,439.68 $1,119.67 – $8,159.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,325.14 $265.03 – $1,656.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $8,898.90 $2,373.04 – $12,606.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5,439.68 $1,746.14 – $8,159.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $5,439.68 $2,234.00 – $8,159.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,325.14 $441.71 – $1,987.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $8,898.90 $2,373.04 – $12,606.77

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