Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn; ea addtl 10008 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

$268.63

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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.

$1,535.00

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 $1,535.00 with BCBS-TX — 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

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 ↓ -30%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $337.70 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $344.46 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $347.84 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $361.34 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $383.75 ↑ +43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $429.80 ↑ +60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $438.40 ↑ +63%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $438.40 ↑ +63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $451.29 ↑ +68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $451.29 ↑ +68%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $451.29 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $451.29 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $489.67 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $506.55 ↑ +89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $541.55 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $541.55 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $601.11 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $736.80 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $752.15 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $844.25 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $921.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $936.35 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $982.40 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $982.40 ↑ +266%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,001.44 ↑ +273%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,013.10 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,304.75 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,381.50 ↑ +414%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +461%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,535.00 ↑ +471%

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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn; ea addtl 10008 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,162.97 $329.51 – $1,647.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $191.57 $39.43 – $287.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $227.17 $45.43 – $283.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,162.97 $310.12 – $1,647.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $191.57 $61.49 – $287.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $191.57 $98.98 – $287.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $227.17 $71.00 – $340.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,162.97 $310.12 – $1,647.54

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