X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$341.25
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.
$1,950.00
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.
$86.08 with Cigna vs $1,950.00 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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| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $86.08 | ↓ -75% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $109.09 | ↓ -68% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $111.27 | ↓ -67% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $111.27 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $114.54 | ↓ -66% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $114.54 | ↓ -66% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $158.18 | ↓ -54% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $179.00 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $181.17 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $201.12 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $213.89 | ↓ -37% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $236.24 | ↓ -31% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $248.43 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $253.50 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $253.50 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $258.57 | ↓ -24% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $261.11 | ↓ -23% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $270.54 | ↓ -21% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $271.25 | ↓ -21% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $276.00 | ↓ -19% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $351.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $367.58 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $380.25 | ↑ +11% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $491.40 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $675.68 | ↑ +98% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $728.91 | ↑ +114% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $760.50 | ↑ +123% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $819.00 | ↑ +140% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $823.88 | ↑ +141% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,072.50 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,170.00 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,189.50 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,248.00 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,287.00 | ↑ +277% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,657.50 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,755.00 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,950.00 | ↑ +471% |
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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $187.70 | $42.78 – $234.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $162.11 | $33.37 – $243.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $317.59 | $42.78 – $396.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $187.70 | $42.78 – $234.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $162.11 | $45.77 – $243.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $162.11 | $42.78 – $243.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $317.59 | $42.78 – $476.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $187.70 | $42.78 – $234.62 |