Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$626.33
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.
$3,579.00
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.
$235.39 with SUPERIOR vs $3,579.00 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.
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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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $235.39 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $240.10 | ↓ -62% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $240.10 | ↓ -62% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $247.16 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $247.16 | ↓ -61% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $341.32 | ↓ -46% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $455.97 | ↓ -27% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $465.27 | ↓ -26% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $465.27 | ↓ -26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $474.58 | ↓ -24% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $479.23 | ↓ -23% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $497.84 | ↓ -21% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $583.77 | ↓ -7% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $595.54 | ↓ -5% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $674.65 | ↑ +8% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $697.91 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $882.71 | ↑ +41% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $889.02 | ↑ +42% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $901.91 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $945.77 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,040.34 | ↑ +66% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1,240.13 | ↑ +98% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,337.84 | ↑ +114% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,395.81 | ↑ +123% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,503.18 | ↑ +140% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1,508.00 | ↑ +141% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,512.13 | ↑ +141% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,968.45 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2,147.40 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2,183.19 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,290.56 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,362.14 | ↑ +277% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,888.00 | ↑ +361% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,960.00 | ↑ +373% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3,042.15 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3,221.10 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $3,579.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $5,692.94 | $788.14 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,410.82 | $223.75 – $1,763.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,298.50 | $71.00 – $1,947.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,110.97 | $71.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,410.82 | $223.75 – $1,763.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,298.50 | $85.00 – $1,947.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,298.50 | $223.75 – $1,947.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,110.97 | $71.00 – $1,666.46 |