Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$380.45

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.

$2,174.00

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.

$276.97 with PGT vs $2,193.00 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 $276.97 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $282.62 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $282.62 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $288.28 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $291.10 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $302.41 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $409.80 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $423.93 ↑ +11%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $489.74 ↑ +29%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $499.53 ↑ +31%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $499.53 ↑ +31%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $514.23 ↑ +35%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $514.23 ↑ +35%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $547.85 ↑ +44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $613.56 ↑ +61%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $681.13 ↑ +79%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $710.12 ↑ +87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $724.38 ↑ +90%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $753.30 ↑ +98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $800.06 ↑ +110%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $812.65 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $847.86 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $913.08 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $918.52 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,021.78 ↑ +169%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +194%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,195.70 ↑ +214%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,214.56 ↑ +219%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,239.04 ↑ +226%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,304.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,326.14 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,391.36 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,434.84 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,847.90 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,956.60 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,174.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,193.00 ↑ +476%

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Parathyroid planar imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,522.84 $265.30 – $1,903.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,435.33 $295.44 – $2,153.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,356.79 $265.30 – $1,695.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,522.84 $265.30 – $1,903.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,435.33 $283.87 – $2,153.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,435.33 $265.30 – $2,153.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,356.79 $265.30 – $2,035.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,522.84 $265.30 – $1,903.55

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