CT guid parench tis ablat 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

$535.50

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.

$3,060.00

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.

$446.67 with BCBS-TX vs $3,060.00 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
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $446.67 ↓ -17%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $495.86 ↓ -7%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $527.34 ↓ -2%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $582.44 ↑ +9%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $673.20 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $686.67 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $693.40 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $720.33 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $765.00 ↑ +43%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $850.00 ↑ +59%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $899.64 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $976.14 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,009.80 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,079.57 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,198.30 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,468.80 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +213%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,683.00 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,836.00 ↑ +243%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,958.40 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,958.40 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,019.60 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,386.80 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,601.00 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,754.00 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,060.00 ↑ +471%

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CT guid parench tis ablat at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,564.92 $393.54 – $2,216.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,564.92 $322.11 – $2,347.38
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,564.92 $417.31 – $2,216.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,564.92 $502.34 – $2,347.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,564.92 $808.54 – $2,347.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,814.40 $604.80 – $2,721.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,564.92 $393.54 – $2,216.97

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