Ghs insertion of needle - bone 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

$118.65

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.

$678.00

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.

$149.16 with BCBS vs $1,508.00 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $149.16 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $152.15 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $153.64 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $159.61 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $169.50 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $188.00 ↑ +58%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $189.84 ↑ +60%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $193.64 ↑ +63%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $193.64 ↑ +63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $199.34 ↑ +68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $199.34 ↑ +68%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $199.34 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $199.34 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $216.29 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $223.74 ↑ +89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $239.20 ↑ +102%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $239.20 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $265.51 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $325.44 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $332.22 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $372.90 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $406.80 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $413.58 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $433.92 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $433.92 ↑ +266%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $442.33 ↑ +273%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $447.48 ↑ +277%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $509.03 ↑ +329%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $512.66 ↑ +332%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $545.39 ↑ +360%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $576.30 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $599.92 ↑ +406%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $610.20 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $678.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +1171%

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Ghs insertion of needle - bone at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $447.75 $454.49 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $461.99 $130.90 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $461.99 $71.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $356.00 $71.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $461.99 $123.20 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $461.99 $85.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $461.99 $238.70 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $356.00 $71.00 – $987.04

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