Repair finger/hand tendon 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

$929.08

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.

$5,309.00

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.

$676.37 with PGT vs $11,861.00 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 $676.37 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $690.17 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $690.17 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $703.98 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $710.88 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $738.49 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,000.75 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,035.26 ↑ +11%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $1,144.86 ↑ +23%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,167.76 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,167.76 ↑ +26%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,202.10 ↑ +29%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,202.10 ↑ +29%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,337.87 ↑ +44%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,660.05 ↑ +79%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,839.57 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,984.51 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,070.51 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,229.78 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $2,243.06 ↑ +141%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,839.25 ↑ +206%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,896.50 ↑ +212%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $2,919.95 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,185.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,238.49 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,397.76 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,503.94 ↑ +277%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,832.43 ↑ +312%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,859.80 ↑ +315%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $4,106.18 ↑ +342%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $4,319.00 ↑ +365%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,512.65 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $4,516.79 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,778.10 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5,309.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $6,045.00 ↑ +551%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $11,861.00 ↑ +1177%

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