X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(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

$249.55

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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.

$1,426.00

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 $1,426.00 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 ↓ -28%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $181.68 ↓ -27%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $185.38 ↓ -26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $185.38 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $189.09 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $190.95 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $198.36 ↓ -21%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $220.58 ↓ -12%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $224.99 ↓ -10%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $224.99 ↓ -10%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $231.61 ↓ -7%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $231.61 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $250.84 ↑ +1%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $268.81 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $278.07 ↑ +11%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $319.84 ↑ +28%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $351.00 ↑ +41%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $359.36 ↑ +44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $413.64 ↑ +66%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $459.19 ↑ +84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $488.35 ↑ +96%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $494.11 ↑ +98%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $533.04 ↑ +114%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $539.37 ↑ +116%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $547.04 ↑ +119%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $556.14 ↑ +123%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $558.07 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $598.92 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $602.49 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $784.30 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $855.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $869.86 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $912.64 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $941.16 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,212.10 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,283.40 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,426.00 ↑ +471%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $520.69 $130.50 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $520.69 $121.96 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $602.88 $121.96 – $904.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09

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