Reticulocyte automated 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

$22.40

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.

$128.00

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.

$3.59 with United vs $115.20 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 $3.59 ↓ -84%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $3.92 ↓ -83%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -82%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3.99 ↓ -82%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $4.07 ↓ -82%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $4.11 ↓ -82%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $4.27 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $4.35 ↓ -81%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $5.47 ↓ -76%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.58 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.58 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.74 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.74 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $5.79 ↓ -74%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5.99 ↓ -73%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $7.10 ↓ -68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.77 ↓ -65%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $7.93 ↓ -65%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $7.98 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9.05 ↓ -60%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $11.97 ↓ -47%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $12.97 ↓ -42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.57 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $13.84 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $14.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $14.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $14.28 ↓ -36%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $16.48 ↓ -26%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.26 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $44.36 ↑ +98%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $70.40 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $76.80 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $78.08 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $81.92 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $84.48 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $108.80 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $115.20 ↑ +414%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $63.76 $3.35 – $79.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $59.71 $5.85 – $89.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $65.98 $3.35 – $82.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $63.76 $3.35 – $79.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $59.71 $3.58 – $89.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $59.71 $3.35 – $89.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $65.98 $3.35 – $98.96

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