Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$1.25
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.
$7.11
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.
$0.39 with United vs $3.49 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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| United | Commercial|Exchange | $0.39 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $0.40 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $0.77 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $0.79 | ↓ -37% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $0.80 | ↓ -36% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $0.83 | ↓ -34% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $0.88 | ↓ -30% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1.03 | ↓ -18% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $1.12 | ↓ -10% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1.16 | ↓ -7% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $1.24 | ↓ -1% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1.37 | ↑ +10% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1.68 | ↑ +34% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $1.92 | ↑ +54% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2.10 | ↑ +68% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $2.13 | ↑ +70% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.24 | ↑ +79% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $2.24 | ↑ +79% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $2.31 | ↑ +85% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2.73 | ↑ +118% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $2.97 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $3.05 | ↑ +144% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $3.15 | ↑ +152% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $3.49 | ↑ +179% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $3.49 | ↑ +179% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $3.49 | ↑ +179% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $3.49 | ↑ +179% |
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Meropenem 1 gram intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $116.29 | $8.51 – $8.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $107.90 | $0.41 – $19.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $107.90 | $0.41 – $20.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $107.90 | $0.41 – $17.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $107.90 | $0.41 – $19.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $107.90 | $0.41 – $20.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $107.90 | $0.41 – $20.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $107.90 | $0.41 – $20.70 |