Pressure velocity wire add ves 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

$155.40

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.

$888.00

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.

$113.14 with PGT vs $9,871.00 with Cigna — 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 $113.14 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $115.44 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $115.44 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $117.75 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $118.91 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $123.53 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $167.39 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $173.16 ↑ +11%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $217.39 ↑ +40%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $223.78 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $307.70 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $331.94 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $346.32 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $372.96 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $375.18 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $488.40 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $532.80 ↑ +243%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $539.20 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $541.68 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $568.32 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $586.08 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $754.80 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $799.20 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $888.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +870%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,960.00 ↑ +1805%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9,871.00 ↑ +6252%

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Pressure velocity wire add ves at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,208.05 $625.61 – $3,128.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,050.51 $422.06 – $3,075.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,127.73 $425.55 – $2,659.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,208.05 $588.81 – $3,128.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,050.51 $658.21 – $3,075.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,050.51 $1,059.43 – $3,075.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,127.73 $709.24 – $3,191.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,208.05 $588.81 – $3,128.07

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