Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets 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

$97.13

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.

$555.00

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.

$115.46 with United vs $529.84 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
United Commercial|Exchange $115.46 ↑ +19%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +32%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $128.29 ↑ +32%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $130.86 ↑ +35%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $132.14 ↑ +36%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $137.27 ↑ +41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $139.69 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $163.17 ↑ +68%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $175.75 ↑ +81%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $179.26 ↑ +85%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $179.26 ↑ +85%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $184.54 ↑ +90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $184.54 ↑ +90%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $186.02 ↑ +92%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $192.44 ↑ +98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $195.81 ↑ +102%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $221.44 ↑ +128%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $228.36 ↑ +135%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $256.58 ↑ +164%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $280.07 ↑ +188%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $305.25 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $333.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $338.55 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $355.20 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $355.20 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $384.87 ↑ +296%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $409.50 ↑ +322%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $418.29 ↑ +331%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $432.90 ↑ +346%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $450.30 ↑ +364%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $450.30 ↑ +364%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $459.28 ↑ +373%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $471.75 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $499.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $529.84 ↑ +445%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 3-5 targets at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $375.00 $10.00 – $468.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $375.00 $12.00 – $562.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $375.00 $12.00 – $468.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $375.00 $10.00 – $468.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $375.00 $12.00 – $562.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $375.00 $8.00 – $562.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $375.00 $12.00 – $562.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $375.00 $10.00 – $468.75

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