Upgrade pm system 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

$2,254.70

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.

$12,884.00

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.

$1,641.43 with PGT vs $16,915.70 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 $1,641.43 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,674.92 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,674.92 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,708.42 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,725.17 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,792.17 ↓ -21%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $2,428.64 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $2,512.38 ↑ +11%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $3,246.77 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $4,464.31 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $4,816.04 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $5,024.76 ↑ +123%
United Commercial|Exchange $5,085.00 ↑ +126%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $5,411.28 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $5,443.49 ↑ +141%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $6,676.76 ↑ +196%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $6,810.30 ↑ +202%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $6,810.30 ↑ +202%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $7,010.60 ↑ +211%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $7,010.60 ↑ +211%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $7,086.20 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $7,730.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $7,859.24 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $8,245.76 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $8,503.44 ↑ +277%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $9,681.30 ↑ +329%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9,871.00 ↑ +338%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $9,978.00 ↑ +343%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $10,951.40 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $11,595.60 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $12,884.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $14,352.72 ↑ +537%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $14,455.24 ↑ +541%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $15,377.91 ↑ +582%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $16,558.36 ↑ +634%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $16,892.20 ↑ +649%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $16,915.70 ↑ +650%

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