Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$0.34
Cash price 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.
$1.90
Gross charge 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.
$0.42 with BCBS vs $1.90 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $0.42 | ↑ +24% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $0.43 | ↑ +26% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $0.44 | ↑ +29% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $0.45 | ↑ +32% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $0.48 | ↑ +41% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $0.56 | ↑ +65% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $0.61 | ↑ +79% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $0.63 | ↑ +85% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $0.68 | ↑ +100% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $0.75 | ↑ +121% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $0.92 | ↑ +171% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1.05 | ↑ +209% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1.14 | ↑ +235% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1.16 | ↑ +241% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.22 | ↑ +259% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1.22 | ↑ +259% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1.26 | ↑ +271% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1.49 | ↑ +338% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1.62 | ↑ +376% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1.71 | ↑ +403% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $1.80 | ↑ +429% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1.90 | ↑ +459% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $1.90 | ↑ +459% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1.90 | ↑ +459% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1.90 | ↑ +459% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $1.90 | ↑ +459% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $1.90 | ↑ +459% |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $39.88 | $29.18 – $29.18 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $31.32 | $2.06 – $11.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $31.32 | $1.74 – $12.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $31.32 | $1.69 – $10.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $31.32 | $2.06 – $11.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $31.32 | $2.06 – $12.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $31.32 | $2.06 – $12.69 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $51.89 | $7.09 – $30.26 |