Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$1.69

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.

$9.61

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.

$2.12 with BCBS vs $12.16 with United — 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2.12 ↑ +25%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2.16 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $2.18 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2.27 ↑ +34%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2.41 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2.83 ↑ +67%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $3.07 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $3.18 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3.40 ↑ +101%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3.77 ↑ +123%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $4.62 ↑ +173%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $5.29 ↑ +213%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5.77 ↑ +241%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5.87 ↑ +247%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6.16 ↑ +264%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6.16 ↑ +264%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $6.35 ↑ +276%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7.50 ↑ +344%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8.17 ↑ +383%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $8.65 ↑ +412%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $9.61 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $9.61 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $9.61 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $9.61 ↑ +469%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9.61 ↑ +469%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $9.61 ↑ +469%
United Commercial|Exchange $12.16 ↑ +620%

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $209.79 $11.94 – $172.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $88.52 $39.86 – $64.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $74.82 $12.08 – $172.01
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $31.96 $14.52 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $164.85 $9.07 – $58.32
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $21.77 $11.94 – $172.01

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