Acoustic refl threshold tst 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

$3.68

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.

$21.00

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.

$4.62 with BCBS vs $77.00 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.

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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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $4.62 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $4.72 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $4.76 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $4.95 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5.25 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.18 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $6.70 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $6.93 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $7.41 ↑ +101%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.23 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $10.08 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.60 ↑ +242%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.81 ↑ +248%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.44 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $13.44 ↑ +265%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $13.86 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.38 ↑ +345%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $17.85 ↑ +385%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $18.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $21.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $21.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $21.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $21.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $21.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↑ +1992%

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Acoustic refl threshold tst at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $83.79 $17.25 – $125.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $83.79 $16.76 – $104.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $83.79 $26.90 – $125.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $83.79 $43.29 – $125.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $83.79 $27.93 – $125.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $83.79 $16.76 – $104.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $83.79 $20.95 – $125.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $83.79 $15.36 – $125.69

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