Drainage mouth roof lesion 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

$69.30

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.

$396.00

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.

$87.12 with BCBS vs $3,346.00 with Cigna — 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 $87.12 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $88.87 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $89.74 ↑ +29%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $92.13 ↑ +33%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $93.22 ↑ +35%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $93.97 ↑ +36%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $93.97 ↑ +36%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $96.74 ↑ +40%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $96.74 ↑ +40%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $99.00 ↑ +43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $116.08 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $116.43 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $126.33 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $130.68 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $139.71 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $155.08 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $188.00 ↑ +171%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $190.08 ↑ +174%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $214.66 ↑ +210%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $217.80 ↑ +214%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $219.27 ↑ +216%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $237.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $241.56 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $253.44 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $253.44 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $261.36 ↑ +277%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $285.10 ↑ +311%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $287.13 ↑ +314%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $305.46 ↑ +341%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $336.01 ↑ +385%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $336.60 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $356.40 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $396.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +2076%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +4728%

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Drainage mouth roof lesion at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $641.66 $87.58 – $802.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $613.99 $71.00 – $920.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $601.96 $71.00 – $752.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $641.66 $87.58 – $802.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $613.99 $85.00 – $920.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $613.99 $87.58 – $920.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $601.96 $71.00 – $902.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $641.66 $87.58 – $802.08

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