Observation direct referral from physician office for admission at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$272.65
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.
$1,558.00
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.
$253.17 with BCBS-TX vs $3,754.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $253.17 | ↓ -7% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $297.69 | ↑ +9% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $315.51 | ↑ +16% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $342.76 | ↑ +26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $349.62 | ↑ +28% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $351.13 | ↑ +29% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $353.05 | ↑ +29% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $366.76 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $389.50 | ↑ +43% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $436.24 | ↑ +60% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $444.97 | ↑ +63% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $444.97 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $458.06 | ↑ +68% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $458.06 | ↑ +68% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $458.06 | ↑ +68% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $497.01 | ↑ +82% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $514.14 | ↑ +89% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $549.67 | ↑ +102% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $549.67 | ↑ +102% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $610.12 | ↑ +124% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $747.84 | ↑ +174% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $856.90 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $934.80 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $950.38 | ↑ +249% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $997.12 | ↑ +266% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $997.12 | ↑ +266% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,016.44 | ↑ +273% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $1,028.28 | ↑ +277% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,038.26 | ↑ +281% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,168.50 | ↑ +329% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,324.30 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,402.20 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $1,558.00 | ↑ +471% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,731.00 | ↑ +902% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $3,754.00 | ↑ +1277% |
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Observation direct referral from physician office for admission at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $162.54 | $489.80 – $489.80 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $554.33 | $157.06 – $1,591.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $527.99 | $71.00 – $1,591.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $602.45 | $71.00 – $1,591.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $554.33 | $147.82 – $1,591.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $527.99 | $169.48 – $1,591.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $527.99 | $272.79 – $1,591.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $602.45 | $71.00 – $1,591.17 |