Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level 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

$579.43

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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.

$3,311.00

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.

$358.49 with SUPERIOR vs $3,311.00 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 $358.49 ↓ -38%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $365.66 ↓ -37%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $365.66 ↓ -37%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $376.41 ↓ -35%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $376.41 ↓ -35%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $451.70 ↓ -22%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $728.42 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $742.99 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $750.28 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $779.41 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $827.75 ↑ +43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $835.28 ↑ +44%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $853.21 ↑ +47%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $973.44 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,056.21 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,092.63 ↑ +89%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,136.87 ↑ +96%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,144.99 ↑ +98%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,168.13 ↑ +102%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,218.08 ↑ +110%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,296.59 ↑ +124%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,339.88 ↑ +131%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +160%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,589.28 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,821.05 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,986.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,019.71 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,119.04 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,119.04 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,185.26 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $2,483.25 ↑ +329%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,814.35 ↑ +386%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +398%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,979.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,311.00 ↑ +471%

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic single level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,195.95 $340.77 – $2,744.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,626.73 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,595.15 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,195.95 $340.77 – $2,744.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,626.73 $85.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,626.73 $340.77 – $2,440.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,595.15 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,195.95 $340.77 – $2,744.93

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