Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 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

$378.88

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.

$2,165.00

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.

$188.00 with United vs $2,888.00 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $188.00 ↓ -50%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $352.37 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $359.42 ↓ -5%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $359.42 ↓ -5%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $369.99 ↓ -2%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $369.99 ↓ -2%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $443.99 ↑ +17%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $476.30 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $485.83 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $490.59 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $509.65 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $541.25 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $636.51 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $690.64 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $714.45 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $763.82 ↑ +102%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $821.02 ↑ +117%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $838.64 ↑ +121%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $847.82 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,039.20 ↑ +174%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,100.29 ↑ +190%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,108.15 ↑ +192%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,178.88 ↑ +211%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,190.75 ↑ +214%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,296.77 ↑ +242%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,299.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,320.65 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,385.60 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,385.60 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,428.90 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,840.25 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,948.50 ↑ +414%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↑ +461%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,165.00 ↑ +471%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +662%

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Esophagoscopy/flex/diagnostic 43200 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,040.34 $879.87 – $4,579.48
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $823.73 $1,412.10 – $1,765.13
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $378.88 $275.83 – $2,165.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $378.88 $1,190.75 – $2,165.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $378.88 $785.03 – $2,403.15
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $1,040.34 $894.72 – $4,121.53
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $957.18 $883.78 – $1,955.94
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $954.66 $883.78 – $3,168.30

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