Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$0.16
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.
$0.91
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.
$0.12 with BCBS vs $11.48 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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| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $0.12 | ↓ -25% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $0.12 | ↓ -25% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $0.12 | ↓ -25% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $0.12 | ↓ -25% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $0.13 | ↓ -19% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $0.13 | ↓ -19% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $0.17 | ↑ +6% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $0.18 | ↑ +13% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $0.23 | ↑ +44% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $0.32 | ↑ +100% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $0.34 | ↑ +113% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $0.36 | ↑ +125% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $0.38 | ↑ +138% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $0.39 | ↑ +144% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $0.50 | ↑ +213% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $0.54 | ↑ +238% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $0.55 | ↑ +244% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $0.58 | ↑ +263% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $0.60 | ↑ +275% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $0.77 | ↑ +381% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $0.81 | ↑ +406% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $0.90 | ↑ +463% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $0.90 | ↑ +463% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $0.90 | ↑ +463% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $0.90 | ↑ +463% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $0.90 | ↑ +463% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $0.90 | ↑ +463% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $6.96 | ↑ +4250% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11.48 | ↑ +7075% |
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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $63.51 | $7.01 – $7.01 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $30.79 | $3.61 – $18.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $30.79 | $1.60 – $11.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $30.79 | $1.55 – $9.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $30.79 | $3.40 – $18.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $30.79 | $2.49 – $11.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $30.79 | $4.01 – $11.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $30.79 | $2.59 – $11.65 |