Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in 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

$269.68

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.

$1,541.00

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.

$10.78 with BCBS vs $49.00 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $10.78 ↓ -96%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $11.00 ↓ -96%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $11.11 ↓ -96%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11.54 ↓ -96%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $12.25 ↓ -95%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.41 ↓ -95%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $15.64 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $16.17 ↓ -94%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $17.29 ↓ -94%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $19.19 ↓ -93%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $23.52 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $24.01 ↓ -91%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $26.95 ↓ -90%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $27.50 ↓ -90%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $29.40 ↓ -89%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $29.89 ↓ -89%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $31.36 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $31.36 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $31.90 ↓ -88%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $32.34 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $34.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $37.63 ↓ -86%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $38.22 ↓ -86%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $41.65 ↓ -85%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $44.10 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $49.00 ↓ -82%

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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $30.74 $21.97 – $21.97
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $269.68 $6.25 – $44.10
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $20.64 $1.58 – $6.30
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $269.68 $24.01 – $41.65
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $269.68 $17.77 – $54.39
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $20.64 $1.39 – $6.30
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $30.74 $21.97 – $91.53
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $20.64 $1.14 – $6.56

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