Set radiation therapy field 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

$1,798.13

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.

$10,275.00

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.

$1,309.04 with PGT vs $10,275.00 with BCBS-TX — 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 $1,309.04 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,335.75 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,335.75 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,362.47 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,375.83 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,429.26 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,430.31 ↓ -20%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,475.00 ↓ -18%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,705.03 ↓ -5%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,805.33 ↑ +0%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,936.84 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,003.63 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,005.92 ↑ +12%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,589.30 ↑ +44%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,894.00 ↑ +61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3,560.29 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3,840.80 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $4,007.25 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $4,315.50 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $4,341.19 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $4,829.25 ↑ +169%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $5,651.25 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $6,165.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $6,267.75 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,576.00 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,781.50 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8,733.75 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $9,247.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $10,275.00 ↑ +471%

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