Kit cast tcc 3in w/2reg boots total contact cast 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

$7.88

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.

$45.00

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.

$9.90 with BCBS vs $45.00 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $9.90 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $10.10 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $10.20 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $10.60 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $11.25 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $13.23 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $14.36 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $14.85 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $15.88 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $17.63 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $21.60 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $22.05 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $24.75 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $27.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $27.45 ↑ +248%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $28.80 ↑ +265%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $28.80 ↑ +265%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $29.70 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $35.10 ↑ +345%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $38.25 ↑ +385%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $40.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $45.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $45.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $45.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $45.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $45.00 ↑ +471%

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Kit cast tcc 3in w/2reg boots total contact cast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $7.88 $5.74 – $45.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $7.88 $22.05 – $45.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $18.00 $7.72 – $51.42
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $7.88 $16.32 – $49.95
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $51.43 – $112.83
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $51.43 – $112.83
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $49.19 – $49.19
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $51.43 – $112.83

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