Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$39.90

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.

$228.00

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.

$46.18 with United vs $211.91 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 $46.18 ↑ +16%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +29%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $51.31 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $51.31 ↑ +29%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $52.34 ↑ +31%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $52.85 ↑ +32%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $54.90 ↑ +38%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $67.04 ↑ +68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $70.29 ↑ +76%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $71.70 ↑ +80%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $71.70 ↑ +80%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $73.80 ↑ +85%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $73.80 ↑ +85%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $74.40 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $76.97 ↑ +93%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $80.44 ↑ +102%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $88.57 ↑ +122%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $91.33 ↑ +129%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $102.62 ↑ +157%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $111.72 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $125.40 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $136.80 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $139.08 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $145.92 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $145.92 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $153.93 ↑ +286%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $163.78 ↑ +310%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $167.29 ↑ +319%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $177.84 ↑ +346%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $180.10 ↑ +351%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $180.10 ↑ +351%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $183.69 ↑ +360%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $193.80 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $205.20 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $211.91 ↑ +431%

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $81.11 $42.24 – $107.75
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $81.76 $47.41 – $74.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $97.01 $42.24 – $107.75
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $83.36 $42.24 – $107.75
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $92.05 $40.95 – $197.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $89.25 $36.94 – $255.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $39.90 $46.18 – $205.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.35 $43.10 – $188.10

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