Removal foreign body mouth 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

$502.60

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.

$2,872.00

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.

$158.44 with SUPERIOR vs $3,346.00 with Cigna — 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
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $158.44 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $161.61 ↓ -68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $161.61 ↓ -68%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $166.36 ↓ -67%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $166.36 ↓ -67%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $188.00 ↓ -63%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $199.63 ↓ -60%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $275.37 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $277.33 ↓ -45%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $295.04 ↓ -41%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $324.54 ↓ -35%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $369.17 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $377.09 ↓ -25%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $631.84 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $644.48 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $650.80 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $676.07 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $718.00 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $844.37 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $916.17 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $947.76 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $1,013.25 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $1,124.68 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $1,378.56 ↑ +174%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +200%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,579.60 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,723.20 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,751.92 ↑ +249%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,838.08 ↑ +266%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,838.08 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,895.52 ↑ +277%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,441.20 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $2,584.80 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $2,872.00 ↑ +471%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $3,346.00 ↑ +566%

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