Quant diff pulm perf 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

$258.65

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.

$1,478.00

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.

$325.16 with BCBS vs $1,478.00 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 $325.16 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $331.67 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $334.92 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $347.93 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $369.50 ↑ +43%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $391.05 ↑ +51%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $434.12 ↑ +68%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $434.54 ↑ +68%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $461.68 ↑ +78%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $471.49 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $487.74 ↑ +89%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $489.74 ↑ +89%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $499.53 ↑ +93%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $499.53 ↑ +93%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $509.92 ↑ +97%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $514.23 ↑ +99%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $514.23 ↑ +99%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $521.44 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $578.79 ↑ +124%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $617.07 ↑ +139%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $694.66 ↑ +169%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $709.44 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $812.90 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $886.80 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $901.58 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $945.92 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $945.92 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $975.48 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,117.00 ↑ +332%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,141.09 ↑ +341%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,152.84 ↑ +346%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $1,165.58 ↑ +351%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,256.30 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,330.20 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,478.00 ↑ +471%

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Quant diff pulm perf w/imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,199.16 $181.76 – $1,498.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,091.69 $224.71 – $1,637.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,023.08 $181.76 – $1,278.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,199.16 $181.76 – $1,498.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,091.69 $194.48 – $1,637.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,091.69 $181.76 – $1,637.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,023.08 $181.76 – $1,534.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,199.16 $181.76 – $1,498.95

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