Myelogphy 2/> spine regions 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

$303.98

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.

$1,737.00

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.

$179.00 with United vs $2,287.73 with UNITED — 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 $179.00 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $291.08 ↓ -4%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $382.14 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $389.79 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $393.61 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $408.89 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $434.25 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $510.68 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $554.11 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $573.21 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $612.82 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $680.21 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $833.76 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $955.35 ↑ +214%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $961.23 ↑ +216%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $980.45 ↑ +223%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $980.45 ↑ +223%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,009.29 ↑ +232%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $1,009.29 ↑ +232%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,042.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,059.57 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,111.68 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,111.68 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,146.42 ↑ +277%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $1,211.15 ↑ +298%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,354.86 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,476.45 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $1,545.46 ↑ +408%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,563.30 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $1,715.67 ↑ +464%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,737.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,737.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $1,737.00 ↑ +471%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,239.67 ↑ +637%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $2,287.73 ↑ +653%

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Myelogphy 2/> spine regions at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,615.24 $153.04 – $2,019.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,569.51 $323.06 – $2,354.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,821.46 $153.04 – $2,276.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,615.24 $153.04 – $2,019.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,569.51 $163.75 – $2,354.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,569.51 $153.04 – $2,354.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,821.46 $153.04 – $2,732.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,615.24 $153.04 – $2,019.05

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