Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$565.43

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.

$3,231.00

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.

$710.82 with BCBS vs $9,871.00 with Cigna — 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 $710.82 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $725.04 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $732.15 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $760.58 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $807.75 ↑ +43%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $875.00 ↑ +55%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $922.78 ↑ +63%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $949.92 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,030.69 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,066.23 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,139.90 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,265.26 ↑ +124%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +167%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,550.88 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,777.05 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,938.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,970.91 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,067.84 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,067.84 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,132.46 ↑ +277%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,153.14 ↑ +281%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,746.35 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,907.90 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $3,231.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $4,648.72 ↑ +722%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $5,545.84 ↑ +881%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $5,855.76 ↑ +936%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $6,524.52 ↑ +1054%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $9,871.00 ↑ +1646%

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