Bendamustine 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (bendeka) 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

$112.44

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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.

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$642.46

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.

$13.45 with United vs $552.99 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 $13.45 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $18.26 ↓ -84%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $22.19 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $24.77 ↓ -78%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $40.39 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $41.46 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $47.39 ↓ -58%
PGT Medicare|All Plans $70.46 ↓ -37%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $71.89 ↓ -36%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $71.89 ↓ -36%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $73.33 ↓ -35%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $74.05 ↓ -34%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $76.93 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $104.24 ↓ -7%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $107.84 ↓ -4%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $139.36 ↑ +24%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $182.49 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $191.62 ↑ +70%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $215.67 ↑ +92%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $232.26 ↑ +107%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $233.64 ↑ +108%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $304.15 ↑ +170%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $331.80 ↑ +195%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $337.33 ↑ +200%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $353.92 ↑ +215%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $364.98 ↑ +225%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $470.05 ↑ +318%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $497.70 ↑ +343%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $552.99 ↑ +392%

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Bendamustine 25 mg/ml intravenous solution (bendeka) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,584.84 $69.11 – $69.11
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $14,180.84 $12.83 – $232.20
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $6,321.06 $12.83 – $232.20
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,428.90 $16.16 – $15,511.12
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $5,428.90 $19.21 – $15,511.12
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $5,428.90 $19.21 – $15,511.12
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $5,428.90 $19.21 – $15,511.12
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $2,132.71 $18.65 – $3,960.73

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