Special supplies phys/qhp 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

$8.05

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.

$46.00

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.

$5.87 with PGT vs $46.00 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 $5.87 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.98 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5.98 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $6.10 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $6.16 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $6.40 ↓ -20%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $8.68 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $8.97 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $11.60 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $15.94 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $17.20 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $17.94 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $19.32 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $19.44 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $22.54 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $25.30 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $27.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $28.06 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.44 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $30.36 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $39.10 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $41.40 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $46.00 ↑ +471%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $60.00 $8.50 – $42.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $60.00 $6.17 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $60.00 $6.00 – $37.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $60.00 $8.00 – $42.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $60.00 $9.63 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $60.00 $15.50 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $60.00 $10.00 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $60.00 $8.00 – $42.50

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