Metered dose inhaler drug at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$57.68
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.
$329.60
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.
$22.73 with Cigna vs $133.69 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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| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $22.73 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $26.74 | ↓ -54% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $29.42 | ↓ -49% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $30.01 | ↓ -48% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $30.30 | ↓ -47% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $31.48 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $33.43 | ↓ -42% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $39.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $42.65 | ↓ -26% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $44.12 | ↓ -24% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $44.12 | ↓ -24% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $47.17 | ↓ -18% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $64.18 | ↑ +11% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $73.53 | ↑ +27% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $80.22 | ↑ +39% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $81.56 | ↑ +41% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $85.57 | ↑ +48% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $85.57 | ↑ +48% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $88.24 | ↑ +53% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $104.28 | ↑ +81% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $113.64 | ↑ +97% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $120.33 | ↑ +109% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $133.69 | ↑ +132% |
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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $57.68 | $17.04 – $133.69 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $431.10 | $4.50 – $11.84 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $57.68 | $22.73 – $133.69 |
| St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital | Lake Jackson | $86.37 | $26.80 – $116.12 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $57.68 | $22.73 – $148.40 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston | Livingston | $431.10 | $2.61 – $11.84 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine | San Augustine | $431.10 | $2.14 – $12.32 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $38.08 – $38.08 |