Finger joint sz00 swanson w/grommets 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

$907.20

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.

$5,184.00

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.

$1,036.80 with United vs $5,184.00 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
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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 $1,036.80 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,140.48 ↑ +26%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $1,140.48 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $1,163.29 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,174.70 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,220.32 ↑ +35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,296.00 ↑ +43%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,296.00 ↑ +43%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,347.84 ↑ +49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,399.68 ↑ +54%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,503.36 ↑ +66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,524.10 ↑ +68%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,607.04 ↑ +77%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,653.70 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,710.72 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,828.92 ↑ +102%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,488.32 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $2,851.20 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,110.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $3,162.24 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $3,317.76 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $3,317.76 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $3,421.44 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $4,043.52 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,406.40 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $4,665.60 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $5,184.00 ↑ +471%

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Finger joint sz00 swanson w/grommets at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $907.20 $660.45 – $4,665.60
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $907.20 $1,036.80 – $4,406.40
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $907.20 $1,036.80 – $5,754.24
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $7,153.20 $216.30 – $216.30
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $7,153.20 $216.30 – $227.68
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $6,964.83 $216.30 – $216.30
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $4,826.69 – $4,826.69
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $227.68 – $886.79

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