Pet CT whole body initial at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$2,315.60
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.
$13,232.00
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.
$1,653.00 with United vs $13,232.00 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 | $1,653.00 | ↓ -29% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,876.58 | ↓ -19% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,914.11 | ↓ -17% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,914.11 | ↓ -17% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $1,970.41 | ↓ -15% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $1,970.41 | ↓ -15% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $2,364.49 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $2,559.00 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $2,911.04 | ↑ +26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $2,969.27 | ↑ +28% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $2,998.38 | ↑ +29% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $3,114.82 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $3,308.00 | ↑ +43% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $3,879.22 | ↑ +68% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $3,890.21 | ↑ +68% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $4,221.01 | ↑ +82% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $4,366.56 | ↑ +89% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,372.43 | ↑ +89% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,466.26 | ↑ +93% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $4,484.49 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $4,498.24 | ↑ +94% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $4,668.25 | ↑ +102% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $5,181.66 | ↑ +124% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $5,282.34 | ↑ +128% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $6,351.36 | ↑ +174% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $7,277.60 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $7,939.20 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $8,071.52 | ↑ +249% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $8,468.48 | ↑ +266% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $8,468.48 | ↑ +266% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $8,733.12 | ↑ +277% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,320.96 | ↑ +346% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $11,247.20 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $11,908.80 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $13,232.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Pet CT whole body initial at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $5,231.06 | $1,364.64 – $6,538.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,953.50 | $1,225.43 – $8,930.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,953.50 | $1,364.64 – $7,441.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $5,231.06 | $1,364.64 – $6,538.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,953.50 | $1,364.64 – $8,930.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,953.50 | $1,458.59 – $8,930.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,953.50 | $1,364.64 – $8,930.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $5,231.06 | $1,364.64 – $6,538.82 |