Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) 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

$329.00

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.

$1,880.00

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.

$131.99 with SUPERIOR vs $1,880.00 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.

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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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $131.99 ↓ -60%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $134.63 ↓ -59%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $134.63 ↓ -59%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $138.59 ↓ -58%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $138.59 ↓ -58%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $166.31 ↓ -49%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $207.80 ↓ -37%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $230.68 ↓ -30%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $245.33 ↓ -25%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $253.72 ↓ -23%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $270.96 ↓ -18%
United Commercial|Exchange $290.00 ↓ -12%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $307.54 ↓ -7%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $314.14 ↓ -5%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $413.60 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $421.88 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $426.01 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $442.56 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $470.00 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $552.72 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $599.72 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $620.40 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $663.27 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $736.21 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $902.40 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,034.00 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,128.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,146.80 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,203.20 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,203.20 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,240.80 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,466.40 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,598.00 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,692.00 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,880.00 ↑ +471%

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,488.91 $352.43 – $352.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $652.36 $134.28 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $607.12 $99.77 – $758.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $652.36 $99.77 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $652.36 $104.75 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $607.12 $99.77 – $910.68

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