Folic acid 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

$37.10

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.

$212.00

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.

$13.23 with United vs $190.80 with Multiplan — 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 $13.23 ↓ -64%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $14.70 ↓ -60%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $14.70 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $14.99 ↓ -60%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $15.14 ↓ -59%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $15.73 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $16.01 ↓ -57%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $20.14 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $20.54 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $20.54 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $21.15 ↓ -43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.15 ↓ -43%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $21.32 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $22.05 ↓ -41%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $25.38 ↓ -32%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $26.17 ↓ -29%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $29.40 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $31.72 ↓ -15%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $44.10 ↑ +19%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $46.93 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $47.93 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $51.60 ↑ +39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $51.60 ↑ +39%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $52.63 ↑ +42%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $60.71 ↑ +64%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $62.33 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $74.80 ↑ +102%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $116.60 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $127.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $129.32 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $135.68 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $135.68 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $165.36 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $180.20 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $190.80 ↑ +414%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $210.03 $13.23 – $56.60
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $143.70 $10.00 – $35.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $122.12 $3.92 – $35.28
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $143.70 $10.00 – $35.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $122.12 $12.00 – $35.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $122.12 $8.00 – $35.28
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