Destruction benign lesions < 14 lesions 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

$46.73

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.

$267.00

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.

$37.18 with BCBS vs $1,508.00 with United — 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 Medicare|All Plans $37.18 ↓ -20%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $37.93 ↓ -19%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $38.30 ↓ -18%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $39.79 ↓ -15%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $42.25 ↓ -10%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $49.69 ↑ +6%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $53.92 ↑ +15%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $55.77 ↑ +19%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $59.63 ↑ +28%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $66.19 ↑ +42%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $74.76 ↑ +60%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $76.26 ↑ +63%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $76.26 ↑ +63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $78.50 ↑ +68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $78.50 ↑ +68%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $78.50 ↑ +68%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $81.12 ↑ +74%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $92.95 ↑ +99%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $94.20 ↑ +102%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $101.40 ↑ +117%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $103.09 ↑ +121%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $108.16 ↑ +131%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $108.16 ↑ +131%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $111.54 ↑ +139%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $130.83 ↑ +180%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $131.82 ↑ +182%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $143.65 ↑ +207%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $152.10 ↑ +225%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $169.00 ↑ +262%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $174.20 ↑ +273%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $244.62 ↑ +423%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $246.37 ↑ +427%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $262.10 ↑ +461%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $288.30 ↑ +517%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +3127%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $210.98 $59.78 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $197.32 $40.62 – $495.95
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $197.32 $63.34 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $197.32 $101.95 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $261.23 $71.00 – $495.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $210.98 $56.26 – $495.95

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