Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$192.68

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.

$1,101.00

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.

$127.29 with Cigna vs $1,101.00 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
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $127.29 ↓ -34%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $131.99 ↓ -31%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $134.63 ↓ -30%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $134.63 ↓ -30%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $138.59 ↓ -28%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $138.59 ↓ -28%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $166.31 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↓ -7%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $242.22 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $247.07 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $249.49 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $254.42 ↑ +32%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $259.18 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $275.25 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $282.44 ↑ +47%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $300.37 ↑ +56%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $307.54 ↑ +60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $314.14 ↑ +63%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $323.70 ↑ +68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $331.76 ↑ +72%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $351.22 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $363.33 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $388.44 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $431.16 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $528.48 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $605.55 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $660.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $671.61 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $704.64 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $704.64 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $726.66 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $858.78 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $935.85 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $990.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,101.00 ↑ +471%

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