Protein total serum plasma whole blood 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

$28.70

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.

$164.00

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.

$3.30 with United vs $147.60 with Multiplan — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $3.30 ↓ -89%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $3.60 ↓ -87%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -87%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3.67 ↓ -87%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3.74 ↓ -87%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3.78 ↓ -87%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $3.93 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3.99 ↓ -86%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $5.03 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.13 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.13 ↓ -82%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.28 ↓ -82%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.28 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $5.32 ↓ -81%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5.51 ↓ -81%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $6.53 ↓ -77%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.12 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $7.29 ↓ -75%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $7.34 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $8.31 ↓ -71%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $11.01 ↓ -62%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $11.93 ↓ -58%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.47 ↓ -57%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.73 ↓ -56%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $12.88 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $12.88 ↓ -55%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $13.14 ↓ -54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $15.16 ↓ -47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $41.33 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $56.83 ↑ +98%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $90.20 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $98.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $100.04 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $104.96 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $108.24 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $139.40 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $147.60 ↑ +414%

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