Bx bone trocar/ndl deep 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

$1,023.05

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.

$5,846.00

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.

$511.75 with SUPERIOR vs $5,846.00 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 $511.75 ↓ -50%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $521.99 ↓ -49%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $521.99 ↓ -49%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $537.34 ↓ -47%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $537.34 ↓ -47%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $644.80 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $875.00 ↓ -14%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,192.38 ↑ +17%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,217.96 ↑ +19%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,286.12 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,311.85 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,324.71 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,376.15 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,461.50 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,718.73 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,864.88 ↑ +82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,921.64 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,929.18 ↑ +89%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,935.37 ↑ +89%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,058.90 ↑ +101%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $2,062.47 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↑ +108%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,264.79 ↑ +121%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $2,289.30 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,806.08 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $3,215.30 ↑ +214%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +227%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,507.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,566.06 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,741.44 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,741.44 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $3,858.36 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,969.10 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $5,261.40 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5,846.00 ↑ +471%

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,836.85 $1,715.75 – $3,432.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,264.77 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,017.93 $71.00 – $4,526.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,718.59 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,264.77 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,017.93 $85.00 – $4,526.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,017.93 $486.45 – $4,526.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,718.59 $71.00 – $4,077.88

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