Ghs fb removal from muscle - complicated 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

$303.10

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.

$1,732.00

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 $4,479.00 with United — 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 ↓ -38%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $381.04 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $388.67 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $392.48 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $407.72 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $433.00 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $509.21 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $552.51 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $571.56 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $611.05 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $678.26 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $831.36 ↑ +174%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $857.59 ↑ +183%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $874.74 ↑ +189%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $874.74 ↑ +189%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $900.47 ↑ +197%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $900.47 ↑ +197%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $952.60 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,039.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,056.52 ↑ +249%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,080.56 ↑ +257%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,108.48 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,108.48 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,143.12 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,472.20 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,558.80 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,732.00 ↑ +471%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,998.18 ↑ +559%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,041.06 ↑ +573%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $3,246.45 ↑ +971%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $3,269.63 ↑ +979%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $3,478.34 ↑ +1048%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,711.00 ↑ +1124%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $3,826.17 ↑ +1162%
United Commercial|Exchange $4,479.00 ↑ +1378%

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