Mayo repu protein electrophoresis urine 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

$45.33

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.

$259.00

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.

$16.05 with United vs $233.10 with Multiplan — 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|Exchange $16.05 ↓ -65%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -61%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $17.83 ↓ -61%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $18.19 ↓ -60%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $18.36 ↓ -59%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $19.08 ↓ -58%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $19.41 ↓ -57%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $24.43 ↓ -46%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $24.92 ↓ -45%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $24.92 ↓ -45%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $25.65 ↓ -43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $25.65 ↓ -43%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $25.85 ↓ -43%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $26.75 ↓ -41%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $30.78 ↓ -32%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $31.74 ↓ -30%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $35.66 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $39.26 ↓ -13%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $53.49 ↑ +18%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $56.92 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $58.14 ↑ +28%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $62.58 ↑ +38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $62.58 ↑ +38%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $63.83 ↑ +41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $73.64 ↑ +62%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $76.15 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $91.38 ↑ +102%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $142.45 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $155.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $157.99 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $165.76 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $165.76 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $202.02 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $220.15 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $233.10 ↑ +414%

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