Telethx isodose plan simple 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

$247.80

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.

$1,416.00

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.

$180.40 with PGT vs $2,894.00 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 $180.40 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $184.08 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $184.08 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $187.77 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $189.61 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $196.97 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $255.32 ↑ +3%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $266.92 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $276.12 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $304.35 ↑ +23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $322.26 ↑ +30%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $356.84 ↑ +44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $358.06 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $490.65 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $529.31 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $552.24 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $594.72 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $598.26 ↑ +141%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $665.52 ↑ +169%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $778.80 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $849.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $863.76 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $906.24 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $934.56 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,203.60 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,274.40 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,416.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,475.00 ↑ +495%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,894.00 ↑ +1068%

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Telethx isodose plan simple at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,663.61 $299.68 – $299.68
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $620.10 $121.43 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $872.14 $179.51 – $1,308.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $813.43 $162.69 – $1,016.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $620.10 $74.73 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $872.14 $279.96 – $1,308.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $872.14 $450.60 – $1,308.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $813.43 $271.14 – $1,220.15

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