Insertion peripherally inserted central venous catheter (picc) without port/pump/img gud >= 5 years 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

$741.30

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,236.00

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.

$188.00 with United vs $4,236.00 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
United Commercial|All Other Plans $188.00 ↓ -75%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $469.48 ↓ -37%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $478.87 ↓ -35%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $478.87 ↓ -35%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $492.95 ↓ -34%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $492.95 ↓ -34%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $591.54 ↓ -20%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $931.92 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $950.56 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $959.88 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $997.16 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,059.00 ↑ +43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,093.89 ↑ +48%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,117.36 ↑ +51%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,245.39 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,351.29 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,397.88 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,494.47 ↑ +102%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +103%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,658.82 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,033.28 ↑ +174%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $2,283.58 ↑ +208%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $2,299.89 ↑ +210%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $2,329.80 ↑ +214%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $2,446.70 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,541.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,583.96 ↑ +249%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $2,691.36 ↑ +263%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,711.04 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,711.04 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,795.76 ↑ +277%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +290%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,600.60 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,812.40 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $4,236.00 ↑ +471%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,079.43 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,079.43 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,079.43 $446.27 – $3,967.42

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