Brachy source iodine-125 nonstranded 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

$260.23

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.

$1,487.00

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.

$35.80 with United vs $179.00 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
United Commercial|Exchange $35.80 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $39.38 ↓ -85%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $39.38 ↓ -85%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $40.17 ↓ -85%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $40.57 ↓ -84%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $42.14 ↓ -84%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $44.75 ↓ -83%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $44.75 ↓ -83%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $46.54 ↓ -82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $48.33 ↓ -81%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $51.91 ↓ -80%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $52.63 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $55.49 ↓ -79%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $57.11 ↓ -78%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $59.07 ↓ -77%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $63.16 ↓ -76%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $85.92 ↓ -67%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $98.45 ↓ -62%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $107.40 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $109.19 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $114.56 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $114.56 ↓ -56%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $118.14 ↓ -55%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $139.62 ↓ -46%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $152.15 ↓ -42%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $161.10 ↓ -38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $179.00 ↓ -31%

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Brachy source iodine-125 nonstranded at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $260.23 $22.81 – $161.10
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $260.23 $35.80 – $152.15
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $260.23 $35.80 – $198.69
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $137.21 – $137.21
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $65.22 – $65.22
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $65.22 – $65.22
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $139.71 – $139.71
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $65.22 – $65.22

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