Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$1.45
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.
$8.25
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.
$0.62 with PGT vs $12.19 with United — 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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| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $0.62 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $0.63 | ↓ -57% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $0.63 | ↓ -57% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $0.65 | ↓ -55% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $0.65 | ↓ -55% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $0.68 | ↓ -53% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $0.92 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $0.95 | ↓ -34% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1.22 | ↓ -16% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1.68 | ↑ +16% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1.81 | ↑ +25% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1.89 | ↑ +30% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $2.04 | ↑ +41% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2.05 | ↑ +41% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $2.67 | ↑ +84% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2.91 | ↑ +101% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2.96 | ↑ +104% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.10 | ↑ +114% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $3.20 | ↑ +121% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $3.93 | ↑ +171% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $4.12 | ↑ +184% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $4.36 | ↑ +201% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $4.84 | ↑ +234% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4.84 | ↑ +234% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $4.84 | ↑ +234% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4.84 | ↑ +234% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $4.84 | ↑ +234% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $7.39 | ↑ +410% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $12.19 | ↑ +741% |
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Dobutamine 250 mg/20 ml (12.5 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $554.84 | $10.97 – $10.97 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $26.08 | $5.59 – $53.76 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $56.70 | $10.66 – $37.43 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $59.91 | $3.11 – $128.37 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $71.44 | $2.57 – $25.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $138.63 | $5.46 – $35.06 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $71.44 | $3.11 – $25.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $71.44 | $3.11 – $25.00 |