Left compres band <3"/yd at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$2.10
Cash price 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.
$12.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.88 with BCBS vs $4.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $0.88 | ↓ -58% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $0.90 | ↓ -57% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $0.91 | ↓ -57% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $0.95 | ↓ -55% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1.18 | ↓ -44% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1.28 | ↓ -39% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1.32 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1.42 | ↓ -32% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1.57 | ↓ -25% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1.92 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $1.93 | ↓ -8% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $1.96 | ↓ -7% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $2.20 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $2.24 | ↑ +7% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $2.39 | ↑ +14% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2.40 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2.44 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2.56 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.56 | ↑ +22% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2.64 | ↑ +26% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $2.64 | ↑ +26% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $3.12 | ↑ +49% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $3.40 | ↑ +62% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3.60 | ↑ +71% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $4.00 | ↑ +90% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Left compres band <3"/yd at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $2.10 | $0.51 – $3.60 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $2.10 | $1.93 – $3.40 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $2.10 | $1.46 – $4.44 |
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $7.11 | $1.50 – $1.68 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $1.61 – $3.53 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $1.61 – $3.53 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $1.54 – $1.54 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $1.61 – $3.53 |