CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast 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

$454.48

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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.

$2,597.00

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.

$131.99 with SUPERIOR vs $2,597.00 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $131.99 ↓ -71%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $134.63 ↓ -70%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $134.63 ↓ -70%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $138.59 ↓ -70%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $138.59 ↓ -70%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $166.31 ↓ -63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $307.54 ↓ -32%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $314.14 ↓ -31%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $316.07 ↓ -30%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $365.38 ↓ -20%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $366.50 ↓ -19%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $430.39 ↓ -5%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $571.34 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $582.77 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $588.49 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $611.34 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $649.25 ↑ +43%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $731.00 ↑ +61%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $763.52 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $828.45 ↑ +82%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $850.00 ↑ +87%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $857.01 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $916.23 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,016.99 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,246.56 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,428.35 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,558.20 ↑ +243%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,662.08 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,662.08 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +269%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,714.02 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,025.66 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,207.45 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,337.30 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,597.00 ↑ +471%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,348.14 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,678.86 $99.77 – $2,098.57
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,845.88 $99.77 – $2,307.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,678.86 $99.77 – $2,098.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,466.86 $99.77 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,466.86 $104.75 – $2,200.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,845.88 $99.77 – $2,768.81

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