Vacuum drain bottle/tube kit at St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital
100 West Cross Street, Madisonville, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1780731737
$374.85
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.
$2,142.00
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.
$133.77 with PGT vs $1,050.00 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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| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $133.77 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $136.50 | ↓ -64% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $136.50 | ↓ -64% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $139.23 | ↓ -63% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $140.60 | ↓ -62% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $146.06 | ↓ -61% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $197.93 | ↓ -47% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $204.75 | ↓ -45% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $264.60 | ↓ -29% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $363.83 | ↓ -3% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $392.49 | ↑ +5% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $409.50 | ↑ +9% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $441.00 | ↑ +18% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $443.63 | ↑ +18% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $514.50 | ↑ +37% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $577.50 | ↑ +54% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $630.00 | ↑ +68% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $640.50 | ↑ +71% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $672.00 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $693.00 | ↑ +85% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $892.50 | ↑ +138% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $945.00 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,050.00 | ↑ +180% |
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Vacuum drain bottle/tube kit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,617.00 | $11.54 – $57.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,617.00 | $8.38 – $61.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $40.72 | $8.14 – $50.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,617.00 | $10.86 – $57.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,617.00 | $13.07 – $61.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,617.00 | $21.04 – $61.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $40.72 | $13.57 – $61.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,617.00 | $10.86 – $57.68 |