Insertion of heart electrode 33211 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

$1,879.33

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$10,739.00

Gross charge

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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.

$1,368.15 with PGT vs $18,403.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $1,368.15 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,396.07 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,396.07 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,424.00 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,437.96 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,493.80 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,024.31 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,094.11 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,706.23 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3,721.07 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,014.24 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $4,188.21 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $4,510.38 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $4,537.23 ↑ +141%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $5,379.42 ↑ +186%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $5,487.01 ↑ +192%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,487.01 ↑ +192%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $5,648.39 ↑ +201%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $5,648.39 ↑ +201%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $5,906.45 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,443.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6,550.79 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,872.96 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $7,087.74 ↑ +277%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $7,800.16 ↑ +315%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $9,128.15 ↑ +386%
United Commercial|Exchange $9,379.00 ↑ +399%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $9,665.10 ↑ +414%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9,871.00 ↑ +425%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $10,698.59 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $10,739.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $10,775.01 ↑ +473%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $11,462.78 ↑ +510%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $12,609.05 ↑ +571%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $13,340.96 ↑ +610%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $13,609.93 ↑ +624%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $18,403.00 ↑ +879%

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Insertion of heart electrode 33211 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $9,537.90 $5,113.52 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $8,358.70 $71.00 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $8,513.49 $71.00 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $9,537.90 $5,113.52 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $8,358.70 $85.00 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $8,358.70 $5,113.52 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $8,513.49 $71.00 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $9,537.90 $5,113.52 – $21,045.99

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