Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po 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

$3.71

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.

$21.19

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.

$0.60 with PGT vs $4.69 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 $0.60 ↓ -84%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $0.61 ↓ -84%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $0.61 ↓ -84%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $0.63 ↓ -83%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $0.63 ↓ -83%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $0.66 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $0.89 ↓ -76%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $0.92 ↓ -75%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1.19 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1.63 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1.72 ↓ -54%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1.76 ↓ -53%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1.83 ↓ -51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1.90 ↓ -49%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1.97 ↓ -47%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $1.99 ↓ -46%
United Commercial|Exchange $2.01 ↓ -46%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $2.58 ↓ -30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2.82 ↓ -24%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2.87 ↓ -23%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3.01 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3.10 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3.11 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3.19 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3.32 ↓ -11%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3.64 ↓ -2%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3.99 ↑ +8%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4.23 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $4.69 ↑ +26%

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Caffeine citrate 20 mg/ml inj for po at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $335.66 $2.70 – $14.90
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $429.49 $2.70 – $14.90
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $60.50 $5.16 – $8.51
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $17.86 $2.70 – $14.90
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $35.31 $1.24 – $5.80
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $36.02 $1.72 – $56.52
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $110.87 $2.70 – $14.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $35.31 $1.28 – $5.80

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