X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study 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

$343.53

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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.

$1,963.00

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.

$179.00 with United vs $1,963.00 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
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $220.58 ↓ -36%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $224.99 ↓ -35%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $224.99 ↓ -35%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $231.61 ↓ -33%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $231.61 ↓ -33%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $250.09 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $255.19 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $255.19 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $260.30 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $262.85 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $273.06 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $313.12 ↓ -9%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $319.84 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↑ +2%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $370.03 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $382.79 ↑ +11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $413.64 ↑ +20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $459.19 ↑ +34%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $488.35 ↑ +42%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $494.68 ↑ +44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $539.37 ↑ +57%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $547.04 ↑ +59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $558.07 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $680.18 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $733.77 ↑ +114%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $765.57 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $824.46 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $829.37 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,079.65 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,177.80 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,197.43 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,256.32 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,295.58 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,668.55 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,766.70 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,963.00 ↑ +471%

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