Pr removal foreign body external auditory canal without anesthesia 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

$72.63

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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.

$415.00

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.

$16.31 with PGT vs $2,960.00 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 $16.31 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.64 ↓ -77%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $16.64 ↓ -77%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $16.98 ↓ -77%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $17.14 ↓ -76%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $17.81 ↓ -75%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $24.13 ↓ -67%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $24.96 ↓ -66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.26 ↓ -56%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $44.36 ↓ -39%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $47.85 ↓ -34%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $49.92 ↓ -31%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $53.76 ↓ -26%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $54.08 ↓ -26%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $70.40 ↓ -3%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $76.80 ↑ +6%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $78.08 ↑ +8%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $81.92 ↑ +13%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $84.48 ↑ +16%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $99.60 ↑ +37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $101.60 ↑ +40%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $101.60 ↑ +40%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $104.58 ↑ +44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $104.58 ↑ +44%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $108.80 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $115.20 ↑ +59%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $128.00 ↑ +76%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $144.42 ↑ +99%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $152.64 ↑ +110%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $153.73 ↑ +112%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $163.55 ↑ +125%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $179.90 ↑ +148%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $203.35 ↑ +180%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $247.01 ↑ +240%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $251.99 ↑ +247%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1976%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +3975%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $280.79 $79.56 – $350.99
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