Off/op cnsltj new/est low 30 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

$64.58

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.

$369.00

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.

$47.02 with PGT vs $369.00 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
PGT Medicare|All Plans $47.02 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $47.97 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $47.97 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $48.93 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $49.41 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $51.33 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $69.56 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $71.96 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↑ +19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $88.56 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $90.34 ↑ +40%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $90.34 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.99 ↑ +44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.99 ↑ +44%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $92.99 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $127.86 ↑ +98%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $128.42 ↑ +99%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $137.94 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $143.91 ↑ +123%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $152.00 ↑ +135%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $154.98 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $155.91 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $180.81 ↑ +180%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $193.65 ↑ +200%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $202.95 ↑ +214%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $219.63 ↑ +240%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $221.40 ↑ +243%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $224.06 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $225.09 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $227.71 ↑ +253%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $236.16 ↑ +266%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $241.33 ↑ +274%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $243.54 ↑ +277%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $268.58 ↑ +316%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $313.65 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $332.10 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $369.00 ↑ +471%

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Off/op cnsltj new/est low 30 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $64.58 $77.00 – $313.65
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $203.00 $87.00 – $290.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $64.58 $77.00 – $409.59
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $64.58 $77.00 – $332.10
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $75.18 $205.32 – $214.35
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $301.72 $133.41 – $133.41
Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South Burleson $301.72 $133.41 – $133.41
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $374.64 – $374.64

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