Hepatobiliary system imaging 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

$584.68

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.

$3,341.00

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.

$489.74 with SUPERIOR vs $3,341.00 with BCBS-TX — 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $489.74 ↓ -16%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $499.53 ↓ -15%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $499.53 ↓ -15%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $514.23 ↓ -12%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $514.23 ↓ -12%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $617.07 ↑ +6%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $693.73 ↑ +19%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $735.02 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $749.73 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $757.08 ↑ +29%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $770.14 ↑ +32%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $786.48 ↑ +35%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $819.03 ↑ +40%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $835.25 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $904.61 ↑ +55%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $982.26 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,065.78 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,102.53 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +91%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,141.09 ↑ +95%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,165.58 ↑ +99%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,178.71 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,308.34 ↑ +124%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,570.27 ↑ +169%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,603.68 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,837.55 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,004.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,038.01 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,138.24 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,138.24 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,205.06 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,605.98 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,839.85 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,006.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,341.00 ↑ +471%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,760.38 $290.70 – $2,200.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,754.98 $361.23 – $2,632.47
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,754.98 $290.70 – $2,632.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,754.98 $290.70 – $2,632.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,760.38 $290.70 – $2,200.48

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