Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$773.33

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.

$4,419.00

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.

$226.98 with BCBS-TX vs $4,419.00 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-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $226.98 ↓ -71%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $270.57 ↓ -65%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $286.49 ↓ -63%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $318.32 ↓ -59%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $972.18 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $991.63 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $1,001.35 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $1,040.24 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $1,104.75 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $1,299.19 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $1,409.67 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $1,458.27 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,475.00 ↑ +91%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,559.03 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,730.49 ↑ +124%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,076.93 ↑ +169%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $2,121.12 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $2,430.45 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $2,651.40 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $2,695.59 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $2,828.16 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $2,828.16 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $2,916.54 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,446.82 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,756.15 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,977.10 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $4,419.00 ↑ +471%

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,207.28 $107.95 – $1,509.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,207.24 $248.49 – $1,810.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,075.03 $215.01 – $1,343.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,207.28 $66.43 – $1,509.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,207.24 $328.70 – $1,810.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,207.24 $623.74 – $1,810.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,075.03 $269.88 – $1,612.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,207.28 $107.95 – $1,509.10

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