Pvb thoracic single inj site 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

$188.30

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.

$1,076.00

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.

$188.00 with United vs $1,508.00 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.

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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|All Other Plans $188.00 ↓ -0%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $236.72 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $241.46 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $243.83 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $253.30 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $269.00 ↑ +43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $276.53 ↑ +47%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $282.06 ↑ +50%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $282.06 ↑ +50%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $290.36 ↑ +54%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $290.36 ↑ +54%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $316.35 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $343.25 ↑ +82%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $348.43 ↑ +85%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $355.08 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $379.62 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $421.37 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $516.48 ↑ +174%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $527.24 ↑ +180%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $591.80 ↑ +214%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $644.31 ↑ +242%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $645.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $656.36 ↑ +249%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $658.14 ↑ +250%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $688.64 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $688.64 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $710.16 ↑ +277%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $875.07 ↑ +365%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $881.32 ↑ +368%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $914.60 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $937.58 ↑ +398%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $968.40 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $1,031.33 ↑ +448%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,076.00 ↑ +471%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +701%

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Pvb thoracic single inj site at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,567.48 $781.31 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,021.03 $262.86 – $1,713.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,041.10 $71.00 – $1,713.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $963.98 $71.00 – $1,713.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,021.03 $262.86 – $1,713.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,041.10 $85.00 – $1,713.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,041.10 $262.86 – $1,713.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $963.98 $71.00 – $1,713.14

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