Passy muir valve metal trach 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

$4.38

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.

$25.00

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.

$3.19 with PGT vs $25.00 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 $3.19 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3.25 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3.25 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3.32 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3.35 ↓ -24%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3.48 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $4.72 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $4.88 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Exchange $5.00 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $5.50 ↑ +26%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6.25 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.30 ↑ +44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $6.75 ↑ +54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $7.25 ↑ +66%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $7.75 ↑ +77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $8.25 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $8.67 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $9.35 ↑ +113%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $9.75 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $10.50 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $10.57 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $13.75 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $15.00 ↑ +242%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $15.25 ↑ +248%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $16.00 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $16.50 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $21.25 ↑ +385%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $22.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $25.00 ↑ +471%

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