Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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

$43.75

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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.

$250.00

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.

$13.77 with United vs $225.00 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 $13.77 ↓ -69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $14.99 ↓ -66%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -65%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -65%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $15.61 ↓ -64%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $15.76 ↓ -64%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $16.37 ↓ -63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $20.96 ↓ -52%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $21.38 ↓ -51%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $21.38 ↓ -51%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $22.01 ↓ -50%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $22.01 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $22.18 ↓ -49%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $22.95 ↓ -48%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $26.41 ↓ -40%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $27.23 ↓ -38%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $30.60 ↓ -30%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $33.22 ↓ -24%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $45.90 ↑ +5%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $48.84 ↑ +12%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $49.88 ↑ +14%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $53.70 ↑ +23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $53.70 ↑ +23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $54.77 ↑ +25%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $63.19 ↑ +44%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $73.50 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $88.20 ↑ +102%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $137.50 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $150.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $152.50 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $160.00 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $160.00 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $195.00 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $212.50 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $225.00 ↑ +414%

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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $292.48 $13.77 – $58.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $124.42 $10.00 – $155.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $109.10 $12.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $121.59 $12.00 – $151.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $124.42 $10.00 – $155.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $109.10 $12.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $109.10 $8.00 – $163.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $121.59 $12.00 – $182.38

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