Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$16.98

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.

$97.00

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.

$3.42 with United vs $87.30 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.

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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 $3.42 ↓ -80%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3.74 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -78%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $3.80 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $3.88 ↓ -77%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $3.91 ↓ -77%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $4.07 ↓ -76%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $5.21 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.31 ↓ -69%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.31 ↓ -69%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $5.47 ↓ -68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $5.47 ↓ -68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $5.51 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $5.70 ↓ -66%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $6.56 ↓ -61%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $6.76 ↓ -60%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $7.60 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $8.31 ↓ -51%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $11.40 ↓ -33%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.14 ↓ -29%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $12.40 ↓ -27%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $13.34 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $13.34 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $13.60 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $15.69 ↓ -8%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $28.52 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $34.23 ↑ +102%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $53.35 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $58.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $59.17 ↑ +248%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $62.08 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $62.08 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $75.66 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $82.45 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $87.30 ↑ +414%

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