Ghs optokenetic 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

$3.85

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.

$22.00

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.

$4.84 with BCBS vs $77.00 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 $4.84 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $4.94 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $4.99 ↑ +30%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $5.18 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $5.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $5.73 ↑ +49%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $6.47 ↑ +68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $6.74 ↑ +75%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $7.02 ↑ +82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $7.14 ↑ +85%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $7.26 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $7.77 ↑ +102%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $7.95 ↑ +106%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $8.62 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $10.56 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $12.10 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $13.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $13.42 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $14.08 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $14.08 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $14.52 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $17.16 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $18.70 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $19.80 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $22.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $77.00 ↑ +1900%

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Ghs optokenetic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $198.98 $8.70 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $202.96 $8.70 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $198.98 $10.63 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $198.98 $102.81 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $202.96 $8.70 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $198.98 $8.70 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $198.98 $8.70 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $202.96 $8.70 – $386.96

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