Assay of sialic acid at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$115.50
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.
$660.00
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.
$12.10 with United vs $594.00 with Multiplan — 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $12.10 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↓ -88% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $13.44 | ↓ -88% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $13.71 | ↓ -88% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $13.84 | ↓ -88% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $14.38 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $14.63 | ↓ -87% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $18.41 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $18.78 | ↓ -84% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $18.78 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $19.33 | ↓ -83% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $19.33 | ↓ -83% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $19.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $20.16 | ↓ -83% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $23.20 | ↓ -80% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $23.92 | ↓ -79% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $26.88 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $29.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $40.32 | ↓ -65% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $42.90 | ↓ -63% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $43.82 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $47.17 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $47.17 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $48.12 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $55.51 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $194.04 | ↑ +68% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $232.85 | ↑ +102% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $363.00 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $396.00 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $402.60 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $422.40 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $422.40 | ↑ +266% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $514.80 | ↑ +346% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $561.00 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $594.00 | ↑ +414% |
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Assay of sialic acid at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $113.47 | $12.00 – $170.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $102.00 | $11.29 – $127.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $113.47 | $12.00 – $170.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $113.47 | $8.00 – $170.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $102.00 | $11.29 – $153.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $113.47 | $11.29 – $141.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $113.47 | $11.29 – $170.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $102.00 | $11.29 – $153.00 |