Bilicheck 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.

$4.52 with United vs $20.73 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 $4.52 ↑ +23%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↑ +36%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.02 ↑ +36%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5.12 ↑ +39%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5.17 ↑ +40%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.37 ↑ +46%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5.46 ↑ +48%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.18 ↑ +68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $6.88 ↑ +87%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.02 ↑ +91%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.02 ↑ +91%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.22 ↑ +96%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.22 ↑ +96%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $7.28 ↑ +98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $7.41 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.53 ↑ +105%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $8.67 ↑ +136%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.94 ↑ +143%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $10.04 ↑ +173%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $11.32 ↑ +208%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $11.55 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $12.60 ↑ +242%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $12.81 ↑ +248%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $13.44 ↑ +265%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $13.44 ↑ +265%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $15.06 ↑ +309%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.03 ↑ +336%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.37 ↑ +345%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $16.38 ↑ +345%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $17.62 ↑ +379%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $17.62 ↑ +379%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $17.85 ↑ +385%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $17.97 ↑ +388%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $18.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $20.73 ↑ +463%

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