Boot j walker l at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$138.08
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.
$789.00
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.
$62.26 with BCBS vs $283.00 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.
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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| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $62.26 | ↓ -55% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $63.51 | ↓ -54% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $64.13 | ↓ -54% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $66.62 | ↓ -52% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $70.75 | ↓ -49% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $83.21 | ↓ -40% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $90.28 | ↓ -35% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $93.39 | ↓ -32% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $99.85 | ↓ -28% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $110.83 | ↓ -20% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $135.84 | ↓ -2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $138.67 | ↑ +0% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $155.65 | ↑ +13% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $157.80 | ↑ +14% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $169.80 | ↑ +23% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $172.63 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $173.58 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $181.12 | ↑ +31% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $181.12 | ↑ +31% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $186.78 | ↑ +35% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $197.25 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $213.03 | ↑ +54% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $220.74 | ↑ +60% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $228.81 | ↑ +66% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $240.55 | ↑ +74% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $254.70 | ↑ +84% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $283.00 | ↑ +105% |
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Boot j walker l at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $116.03 | not published |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $449.00 | $191.96 – $421.14 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $138.08 | $36.06 – $254.70 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $138.08 | $138.67 – $552.30 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $71.51 | $24.52 – $132.79 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $138.08 | $102.62 – $552.30 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $116.03 | $195.88 – $206.65 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $116.03 | not published |