Emg needle test 1-extremity 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

$75.95

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$434.00

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.

$36.74 with BCBS vs $212.66 with Cigna — 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

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 $36.74 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $37.48 ↓ -51%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $37.85 ↓ -50%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $39.32 ↓ -48%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $41.75 ↓ -45%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $49.10 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $53.28 ↓ -30%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $55.11 ↓ -27%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $58.92 ↓ -22%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $65.40 ↓ -14%
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↑ +1%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $80.16 ↑ +6%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $91.85 ↑ +21%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $100.20 ↑ +32%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $101.87 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $106.88 ↑ +41%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $106.88 ↑ +41%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $110.22 ↑ +45%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $130.26 ↑ +72%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $141.95 ↑ +87%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $150.30 ↑ +98%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $167.00 ↑ +120%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $167.00 ↑ +120%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $167.00 ↑ +120%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $167.00 ↑ +120%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $167.00 ↑ +120%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $212.66 ↑ +180%

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Emg needle test 1-extremity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $407.09 $115.34 – $508.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $340.80 $70.15 – $511.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $393.29 $78.66 – $491.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $407.09 $108.56 – $508.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $340.80 $109.40 – $511.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $340.80 $176.08 – $511.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $393.29 $126.97 – $589.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $407.09 $108.56 – $508.87

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