Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$338.80

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.

$1,936.00

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.

$425.92 with BCBS vs $1,936.00 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $425.92 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $434.44 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $438.70 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $455.74 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $484.00 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $569.19 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $617.59 ↑ +82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $624.20 ↑ +84%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $635.67 ↑ +88%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $638.88 ↑ +89%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $648.38 ↑ +91%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $648.38 ↑ +91%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $667.45 ↑ +97%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $667.45 ↑ +97%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $683.03 ↑ +102%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $692.95 ↑ +105%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $736.95 ↑ +118%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $758.14 ↑ +124%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $800.94 ↑ +136%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $813.94 ↑ +140%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $909.92 ↑ +169%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $929.28 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,064.80 ↑ +214%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +230%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,161.60 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,180.96 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,239.04 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,239.04 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,277.76 ↑ +277%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,481.11 ↑ +337%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,510.08 ↑ +346%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,512.89 ↑ +347%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,645.60 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,742.40 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,936.00 ↑ +471%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,425.08 $269.31 – $2,137.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,425.08 $269.31 – $2,137.63
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