Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) 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

$135.80

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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.

$776.00

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.

$9.50 with United vs $698.40 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 $9.50 ↓ -93%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -92%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $10.56 ↓ -92%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $10.77 ↓ -92%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $10.88 ↓ -92%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $11.30 ↓ -92%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $11.51 ↓ -92%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $14.46 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $14.75 ↓ -89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $14.75 ↓ -89%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $15.18 ↓ -89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $15.18 ↓ -89%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $15.31 ↓ -89%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $15.84 ↓ -88%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $18.22 ↓ -87%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $18.80 ↓ -86%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $21.12 ↓ -84%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $23.40 ↓ -83%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $31.68 ↓ -77%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $33.69 ↓ -75%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $34.41 ↓ -75%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $37.07 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $37.07 ↓ -73%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $37.80 ↓ -72%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $43.61 ↓ -68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $228.15 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $273.78 ↑ +102%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $426.80 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $465.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $473.36 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $496.64 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $496.64 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $605.28 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $659.60 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $698.40 ↑ +414%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $460.40 $9.50 – $40.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $235.72 $8.87 – $294.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $160.48 $12.00 – $240.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $214.33 $8.87 – $267.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $235.72 $8.87 – $294.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $160.48 $9.49 – $240.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $160.48 $8.00 – $240.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $214.33 $8.87 – $321.49

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