Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$107.63

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.

$615.00

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.

$21.36 with BCBS-TX vs $592.66 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-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $21.36 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $69.45 ↓ -35%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $135.30 ↑ +26%
United Commercial|Exchange $137.09 ↑ +27%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $138.01 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $139.36 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $144.78 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $153.75 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $180.81 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $196.19 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $202.95 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $216.98 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $240.84 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $295.20 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $338.25 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $369.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $375.15 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $393.60 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $393.60 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $405.90 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $479.70 ↑ +346%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $503.69 ↑ +368%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $503.69 ↑ +368%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $513.73 ↑ +377%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $522.75 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $553.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $592.66 ↑ +451%

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