Nm imaging bone/joint 3 phase study 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

$1,006.95

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.

$5,754.00

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.

$489.74 with SUPERIOR vs $5,754.00 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 $489.74 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $499.53 ↓ -50%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $499.53 ↓ -50%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $514.23 ↓ -49%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $514.23 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $700.27 ↓ -30%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $710.12 ↓ -29%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $733.06 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $748.02 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $748.02 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $762.99 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $770.47 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $777.39 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $800.39 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $826.75 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $913.13 ↓ -9%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,084.63 ↑ +8%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,122.03 ↑ +11%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,214.56 ↑ +21%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,239.04 ↑ +23%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,450.01 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,993.77 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,150.85 ↑ +114%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,193.00 ↑ +118%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,244.06 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,416.68 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,431.07 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,704.38 ↑ +169%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $3,164.70 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,452.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,509.94 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,682.56 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,797.64 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,890.90 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,178.60 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5,754.00 ↑ +471%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,875.14 $310.74 – $2,343.93
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,798.90 $310.74 – $2,698.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,798.90 $310.74 – $2,698.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,875.14 $310.74 – $2,343.93

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