Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention 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

$620.20

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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.

$3,544.00

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.

$278.96 with BCBS-TX vs $3,544.00 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 $278.96 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $309.68 ↓ -50%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $329.35 ↓ -47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $363.75 ↓ -41%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $451.51 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $460.72 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $460.72 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $469.94 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $474.55 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $492.98 ↓ -21%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $635.67 ↑ +2%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $648.38 ↑ +5%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $648.38 ↑ +5%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $667.45 ↑ +8%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $667.45 ↑ +8%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $668.05 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $691.08 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $893.09 ↑ +44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $921.72 ↑ +49%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,228.00 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,324.75 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,382.16 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,488.48 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,497.34 ↑ +141%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,576.46 ↑ +154%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,608.25 ↑ +159%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,665.68 ↑ +169%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,949.20 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,126.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,161.84 ↑ +249%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,193.00 ↑ +254%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,268.16 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,339.04 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,012.40 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,189.60 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,544.00 ↑ +471%

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