Esophagoscopy flex remove fb 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

$357.88

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.

$2,045.00

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 ↓ -47%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $449.90 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $458.90 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $463.40 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $481.40 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $511.25 ↑ +43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $594.35 ↑ +66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $601.23 ↑ +68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $606.24 ↑ +69%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $606.24 ↑ +69%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $624.07 ↑ +74%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $624.07 ↑ +74%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $652.36 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $674.85 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $721.48 ↑ +102%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $748.88 ↑ +109%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $800.83 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $981.60 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,124.75 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,227.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,247.45 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,308.80 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,308.80 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,349.70 ↑ +277%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,384.84 ↑ +287%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,414.55 ↑ +295%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,738.25 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,840.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,045.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↑ +493%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,180.36 ↑ +509%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,195.93 ↑ +514%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,336.10 ↑ +553%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,569.71 ↑ +618%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +707%

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Esophagoscopy flex remove fb at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,194.50 $1,000.00 – $4,579.48
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $357.88 $260.54 – $2,045.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $357.88 $1,124.75 – $2,045.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $357.88 $741.52 – $2,269.95
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $2,194.50 $1,000.00 – $4,121.53
Ascension Providence Waco $547.11 $556.05 – $2,943.49
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $2,018.94 $1,000.00 – $2,793.46
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $9,147.36 $1,644.61 – $3,855.30

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