Creatinine 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

$18.03

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.

$103.00

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.

$4.61 with United vs $92.70 with Multiplan — 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 $4.61 ↓ -74%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $5.12 ↓ -72%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5.12 ↓ -72%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $5.22 ↓ -71%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $5.27 ↓ -71%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.48 ↓ -70%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5.58 ↓ -69%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $7.01 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.15 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $7.36 ↓ -59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $7.36 ↓ -59%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $7.42 ↓ -59%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.68 ↓ -57%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $8.83 ↓ -51%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $9.11 ↓ -49%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $10.24 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $11.32 ↓ -37%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $15.36 ↓ -15%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.33 ↓ -9%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $16.68 ↓ -7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $17.97 ↓ -0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $17.97 ↓ -0%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $18.33 ↑ +2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $21.15 ↑ +17%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $30.29 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $36.34 ↑ +102%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $56.65 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $61.80 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $62.83 ↑ +248%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $65.92 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $65.92 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $80.34 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $87.55 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $92.70 ↑ +414%

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Creatinine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $173.76 $4.61 – $19.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $66.61 $4.30 – $40.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $64.85 $6.72 – $48.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $66.61 $4.30 – $40.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $66.61 $4.30 – $40.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $64.85 $4.60 – $48.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $64.85 $4.30 – $48.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $66.61 $4.30 – $48.94

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