Pulse ox multiple at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$2.98
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.
$17.00
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.
$1.54 with BCBS vs $447.00 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 |
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| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $1.54 | ↓ -48% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $1.58 | ↓ -47% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $1.59 | ↓ -47% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $1.65 | ↓ -45% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $1.75 | ↓ -41% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $2.06 | ↓ -31% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $2.24 | ↓ -25% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $2.31 | ↓ -22% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $2.47 | ↓ -17% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $2.75 | ↓ -8% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $3.36 | ↑ +13% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $3.43 | ↑ +15% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $3.85 | ↑ +29% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $4.20 | ↑ +41% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $4.27 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4.48 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $4.48 | ↑ +50% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $4.62 | ↑ +55% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $5.46 | ↑ +83% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $5.95 | ↑ +100% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $6.30 | ↑ +111% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $7.00 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $7.00 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $7.00 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $7.00 | ↑ +135% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $7.00 | ↑ +135% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $447.00 | ↑ +14900% |
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Pulse ox multiple at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $476.04 | $16.63 – $16.63 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $194.33 | $13.26 – $275.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $194.33 | $13.05 – $291.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $194.33 | $13.05 – $242.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $194.33 | $10.11 – $275.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $194.33 | $15.94 – $291.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $194.33 | $100.40 – $291.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $194.33 | $13.05 – $291.49 |