17-ketosteroids at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital

1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$8.05

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.

$46.00

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.

$11.52 with United vs $46.00 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.

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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
United Commercial|Exchange $11.52 ↑ +43%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +59%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $12.80 ↑ +59%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $13.06 ↑ +62%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $13.18 ↑ +64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.53 ↑ +68%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $13.70 ↑ +70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $13.94 ↑ +73%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $16.23 ↑ +102%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $17.54 ↑ +118%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $17.89 ↑ +122%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $17.89 ↑ +122%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $18.42 ↑ +129%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $18.42 ↑ +129%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $18.56 ↑ +131%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $19.20 ↑ +139%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $22.10 ↑ +175%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $22.78 ↑ +183%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $25.30 ↑ +214%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $25.60 ↑ +218%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $27.60 ↑ +243%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $27.94 ↑ +247%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $28.06 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $29.44 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $29.44 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $35.88 ↑ +346%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $38.40 ↑ +377%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $39.10 ↑ +386%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $40.87 ↑ +408%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $41.40 ↑ +414%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $41.75 ↑ +419%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $44.93 ↑ +458%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $44.93 ↑ +458%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $45.82 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $46.00 ↑ +471%

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17-ketosteroids at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $91.01 $12.00 – $136.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $91.01 $10.75 – $113.76
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $91.01 $8.00 – $136.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $91.01 $10.75 – $136.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $91.01 $10.75 – $113.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $91.01 $10.75 – $136.51
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