Intro cath dialysis circuit 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

$2,397.50

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.

$13,700.00

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.

$469.48 with SUPERIOR vs $13,700.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $469.48 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $478.87 ↓ -80%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $478.87 ↓ -80%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $492.95 ↓ -79%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $492.95 ↓ -79%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $680.75 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $802.84 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $808.58 ↓ -66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $860.19 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $946.21 ↓ -61%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,164.31 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,187.78 ↓ -50%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $1,745.38 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,781.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,781.00 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,816.62 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,834.43 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,905.67 ↓ -21%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↓ -11%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,582.45 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,671.50 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $3,452.40 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,168.00 ↑ +74%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $4,747.05 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $5,121.06 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $5,343.00 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $5,754.00 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $5,788.25 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $6,713.00 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $7,535.00 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $8,220.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $8,357.00 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,768.00 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $9,042.00 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $11,645.00 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $12,330.00 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $13,700.00 ↑ +471%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,194.63 $111.00 – $3,993.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,809.00 $71.00 – $5,713.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,395.54 $71.00 – $4,244.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,194.63 $111.00 – $3,993.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,809.00 $85.00 – $5,713.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,809.00 $446.27 – $5,713.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,395.54 $71.00 – $5,093.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,194.63 $111.00 – $3,993.28

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