MRI without fol w/cont, brst, un 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

$472.50

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.

$2,700.00

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.

$343.98 with PGT vs $3,947.00 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
PGT Medicare|All Plans $343.98 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $351.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $351.00 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $358.02 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $361.53 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $375.57 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $508.95 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $526.50 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $680.40 ↑ +44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $866.80 ↑ +83%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $935.55 ↑ +98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $962.26 ↑ +104%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,009.26 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,023.36 ↑ +117%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,053.00 ↑ +123%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,130.28 ↑ +139%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,134.00 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,140.75 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,169.00 ↑ +147%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,450.00 ↑ +207%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,485.00 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,620.00 ↑ +243%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,728.00 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,782.00 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,011.00 ↑ +326%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,295.00 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,430.00 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,700.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,947.00 ↑ +735%

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MRI without fol w/cont, brst, un at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,938.60 $332.94 – $2,423.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,567.09 $322.56 – $2,350.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,410.38 $282.08 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,938.60 $332.94 – $2,423.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,567.09 $332.94 – $2,350.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,567.09 $809.66 – $2,700.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,410.38 $332.94 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,938.60 $332.94 – $2,423.25

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