CT thorax low dose for lung screening 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

$114.10

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$652.00

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.

$69.52 with BCBS vs $1,676.00 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 Medicare|All Plans $69.52 ↓ -39%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $70.92 ↓ -38%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $71.61 ↓ -37%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $74.39 ↓ -35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $79.00 ↓ -31%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $92.91 ↓ -19%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $100.81 ↓ -12%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $104.28 ↓ -9%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $111.49 ↓ -2%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $123.75 ↑ +8%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $131.99 ↑ +16%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $134.63 ↑ +18%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $134.63 ↑ +18%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $138.59 ↑ +21%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $138.59 ↑ +21%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $151.68 ↑ +33%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $166.31 ↑ +46%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $173.80 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $189.60 ↑ +66%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $202.24 ↑ +77%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $202.24 ↑ +77%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $208.56 ↑ +83%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $234.79 ↑ +106%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $246.48 ↑ +116%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $260.64 ↑ +128%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $268.60 ↑ +135%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $277.19 ↑ +143%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $284.40 ↑ +149%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $306.15 ↑ +168%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $307.54 ↑ +170%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $314.14 ↑ +175%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $316.00 ↑ +177%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $731.00 ↑ +541%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $850.00 ↑ +645%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,676.00 ↑ +1369%

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CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,731.74 $398.21 – $398.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.33 $49.47 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $240.33 $104.75 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00

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