Ultrasound encephalogram at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$177.28
Cash price 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.
$1,013.00
Gross charge 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.
$129.06 with PGT vs $1,013.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $129.06 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $131.69 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $131.69 | ↓ -26% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $131.99 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $134.33 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $134.63 | ↓ -24% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $134.63 | ↓ -24% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $135.65 | ↓ -23% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $138.59 | ↓ -22% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $138.59 | ↓ -22% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $140.91 | ↓ -21% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $190.96 | ↑ +8% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $191.39 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $197.54 | ↑ +11% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $245.11 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $254.42 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $255.28 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $282.44 | ↑ +59% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $290.00 | ↑ +64% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $300.37 | ↑ +69% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $327.34 | ↑ +85% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $331.76 | ↑ +87% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $333.93 | ↑ +88% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $351.01 | ↑ +98% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $378.66 | ↑ +114% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $395.07 | ↑ +123% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $425.46 | ↑ +140% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $428.00 | ↑ +141% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $557.15 | ↑ +214% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $570.00 | ↑ +222% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $607.80 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $617.93 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $648.32 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $668.58 | ↑ +277% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $861.05 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $911.70 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,013.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Ultrasound encephalogram at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $873.85 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $496.36 | $99.77 – $620.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $456.60 | $93.98 – $684.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $444.58 | $99.77 – $555.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $496.36 | $99.77 – $620.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $456.60 | $99.77 – $684.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $456.60 | $104.75 – $684.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $444.58 | $99.77 – $666.86 |