Parathyrd planar w/spect&ct 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

$587.65

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.

$3,358.00

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.

$427.81 with PGT vs $3,358.00 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 $427.81 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $436.54 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $436.54 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $445.28 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $449.64 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $467.10 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $632.99 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $654.81 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $737.91 ↑ +26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $819.18 ↑ +39%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $846.22 ↑ +44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $871.19 ↑ +48%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $962.21 ↑ +64%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,163.55 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,255.23 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,309.62 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,410.36 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1,418.76 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,578.26 ↑ +169%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,846.90 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,014.80 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,048.38 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,149.12 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,193.00 ↑ +273%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,216.28 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,854.30 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,022.20 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,358.00 ↑ +471%

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Parathyrd planar w/spect&ct at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,254.06 $518.17 – $2,817.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,081.21 $428.38 – $3,121.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,987.70 $397.54 – $2,484.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,254.06 $518.17 – $2,817.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,081.21 $518.17 – $3,121.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,081.21 $1,075.29 – $3,121.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,987.70 $518.17 – $2,981.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,254.06 $518.17 – $2,817.57

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