Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr 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

$20.90

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$119.38

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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.

$11.01 with United vs $119.38 with BCBS-TX — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $11.01 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $11.77 ↓ -44%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $26.27 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $26.79 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $27.06 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $28.11 ↑ +34%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $29.85 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $35.10 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $38.09 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $39.40 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $42.12 ↑ +102%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $46.53 ↑ +123%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $46.75 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $57.31 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $65.66 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $71.63 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $72.83 ↑ +248%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $75.87 ↑ +263%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $76.41 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $76.41 ↑ +266%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $77.89 ↑ +273%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $78.80 ↑ +277%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $89.02 ↑ +326%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $93.12 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $101.48 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $107.45 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $119.38 ↑ +471%

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Ertapenem 1000 mg/10 ml IV (dilution #1) desensitization - cnr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $268.61 $129.82 – $129.82
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $826.69 $9.18 – $608.26
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,170.07 $9.18 – $608.26
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $951.07 $31.57 – $134.63
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $948.51 $9.16 – $608.26
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,104.69 $9.16 – $608.26
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,091.60 $9.18 – $608.26
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $207.27 $15.72 – $592.20

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