Inj, mirikizumab-mrkz, 1 mg 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

$1,678.82

Cash price

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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.

$9,593.22

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.

$1,630.85 with Cigna vs $9,593.22 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
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $1,630.85 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,918.65 ↑ +14%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $2,110.51 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $2,152.72 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $2,173.83 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $2,258.25 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $2,398.31 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $2,820.41 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $3,060.24 ↑ +82%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $3,165.77 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $3,165.77 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $3,384.49 ↑ +102%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $4,604.75 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $5,276.28 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $5,755.94 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $5,851.87 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $6,139.67 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $6,139.67 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $6,331.53 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $7,482.72 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8,154.24 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $8,633.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $9,593.22 ↑ +471%

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Inj, mirikizumab-mrkz, 1 mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,678.82 $1,222.18 – $9,593.22
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,678.82 $1,630.85 – $9,593.22
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $1,678.82 $1,630.85 – $10,648.48
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $148.92 – $148.92
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $47.57 – $116.81
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $47.57 – $116.81
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $168.96 – $168.96
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $41.92 – $116.81

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