Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage 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

$106.58

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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.

$609.00

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.

$133.98 with BCBS 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $133.98 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $136.66 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $138.00 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $143.36 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $152.25 ↑ +43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $170.52 ↑ +60%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $173.94 ↑ +63%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $173.94 ↑ +63%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $179.05 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $179.05 ↑ +68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $179.05 ↑ +68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $179.05 ↑ +68%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $188.00 ↑ +76%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $194.28 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $200.97 ↑ +89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $214.86 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $214.86 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $238.49 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $292.32 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $334.95 ↑ +214%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $354.34 ↑ +232%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $356.87 ↑ +235%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $365.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $371.49 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $379.65 ↑ +256%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $389.76 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $389.76 ↑ +266%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $397.32 ↑ +273%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $401.94 ↑ +277%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $417.62 ↑ +292%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $517.65 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $548.10 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $609.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1315%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +2610%

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Ghs gastric intub aspiration lavage at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $505.63 $143.26 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $227.28 $46.78 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $130.25 $26.05 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $505.63 $134.84 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $227.28 $72.96 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $227.28 $117.43 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $130.25 $43.42 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $505.63 $134.84 – $777.56

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