Bone imaging multiple areas 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

$793.63

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.

$4,535.00

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.

$489.74 with SUPERIOR vs $4,535.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $489.74 ↓ -38%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $499.53 ↓ -37%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $499.53 ↓ -37%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $514.23 ↓ -35%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $514.23 ↓ -35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $565.30 ↓ -29%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $617.07 ↓ -22%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $627.56 ↓ -21%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $667.40 ↓ -16%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $737.13 ↓ -7%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $997.70 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,017.66 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,027.64 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,067.54 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +41%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,133.75 ↑ +43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,141.09 ↑ +44%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,165.58 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,333.29 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,446.67 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,496.55 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,599.95 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,775.91 ↑ +124%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,131.45 ↑ +169%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,176.80 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $2,494.25 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,721.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,766.35 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,902.40 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,902.40 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,993.10 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,537.30 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,854.75 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,081.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $4,535.00 ↑ +471%

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Bone imaging multiple areas at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $959.25 $197.45 – $1,438.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,158.29 $247.59 – $1,447.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $959.25 $264.92 – $1,438.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $959.25 $247.59 – $1,438.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,158.29 $247.59 – $1,737.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $446.03 $247.59 – $1,021.72

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