Low cost skin substitute app 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

$590.28

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.

$3,373.00

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.

$50.00 with BCBS-TX vs $3,373.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $50.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $56.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $59.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $66.00 ↓ -89%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $429.73 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $438.49 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $438.49 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $447.26 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $451.65 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $469.19 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $635.82 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $657.74 ↑ +11%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $809.52 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $825.72 ↑ +40%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $825.72 ↑ +40%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $850.00 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $850.00 ↑ +44%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $850.00 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,168.75 ↑ +98%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,173.81 ↑ +99%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,260.83 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,315.47 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,416.66 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,425.10 ↑ +141%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +155%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,652.77 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,855.15 ↑ +214%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,007.61 ↑ +240%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,023.80 ↑ +243%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,048.09 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,057.53 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,158.72 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,226.18 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,867.05 ↑ +386%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +401%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,035.70 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,373.00 ↑ +471%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $769.45 $218.01 – $1,090.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $59.99 $12.35 – $89.98
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $59.99 $30.99 – $89.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $39.97 $13.32 – $71.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $769.45 $205.19 – $1,090.06

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