Dimecaprol injection 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

$22.46

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.

$128.31

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.

$16.35 with PGT vs $128.31 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 $16.35 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $16.69 ↓ -26%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $16.69 ↓ -26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $17.02 ↓ -24%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $17.19 ↓ -23%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $17.85 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $21.82 ↓ -3%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $24.19 ↑ +8%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $25.03 ↑ +11%
United Commercial|Exchange $25.67 ↑ +14%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.34 ↑ +44%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $42.35 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $44.46 ↑ +98%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $46.20 ↑ +106%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $50.05 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $53.90 ↑ +140%
NX Health Commercial|All Plans $54.22 ↑ +141%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $70.58 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $76.99 ↑ +243%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $77.86 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $78.27 ↑ +248%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $82.12 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $84.69 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $109.07 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $115.48 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $126.95 ↑ +465%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $128.31 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $128.31 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $128.31 ↑ +471%

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Dimecaprol injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,242.61 $211.01 – $227.28
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $22.46 $21.82 – $109.07
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $22.46 $21.82 – $142.43
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $22.46 $21.82 – $115.48
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $107.10 $54.15 – $59.81
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $217.22 – $217.22
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $110.58 – $530.05
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $110.58 – $530.05

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