CT guidance for percutaneous drain w/catheter placement supervision & interpretation 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

$492.98

Cash price

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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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$2,817.00

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.

$144.80 with BCBS-TX vs $2,817.00 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 $144.80 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $160.75 ↓ -67%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $170.96 ↓ -65%
United Commercial|Exchange $179.00 ↓ -64%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $188.82 ↓ -62%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $619.74 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $632.14 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $638.34 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $663.13 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $704.25 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $828.20 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $898.63 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $929.61 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $993.84 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,103.14 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,352.16 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,380.33 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,549.35 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,690.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,718.37 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,802.88 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,802.88 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,859.22 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,197.26 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,394.45 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,535.30 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,817.00 ↑ +471%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,085.05 $127.58 – $1,537.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,007.29 $207.33 – $1,510.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $979.93 $195.99 – $1,224.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,085.05 $146.08 – $1,537.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,007.29 $260.90 – $1,510.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,007.29 $520.43 – $1,510.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $979.93 $214.33 – $1,469.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,085.05 $127.58 – $1,537.16

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