Remove ear canal lesion(s) at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$87.33
Cash price 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.
$499.00
Gross charge 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.
$109.78 with BCBS vs $3,826.17 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $109.78 | ↑ +26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $111.98 | ↑ +28% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $113.08 | ↑ +29% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $117.47 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $124.75 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $146.71 | ↑ +68% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $159.19 | ↑ +82% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $164.67 | ↑ +89% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $176.05 | ↑ +102% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $195.41 | ↑ +124% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $239.52 | ↑ +174% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $274.45 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $299.40 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $304.39 | ↑ +249% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $319.36 | ↑ +266% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $319.36 | ↑ +266% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $329.34 | ↑ +277% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $389.22 | ↑ +346% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $424.15 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $449.10 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $499.00 | ↑ +471% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $857.59 | ↑ +882% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $874.74 | ↑ +902% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $874.74 | ↑ +902% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $900.47 | ↑ +931% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $900.47 | ↑ +931% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $1,080.56 | ↑ +1137% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $1,998.18 | ↑ +2188% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $2,041.06 | ↑ +2237% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $2,124.00 | ↑ +2332% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $3,246.45 | ↑ +3617% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $3,269.63 | ↑ +3644% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $3,346.00 | ↑ +3731% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $3,478.34 | ↑ +3883% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $3,826.17 | ↑ +4281% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,079.46 | $71.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,980.01 | $71.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,079.46 | $85.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,079.46 | $815.20 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,980.01 | $71.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $3,079.46 | $71.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $3,079.46 | $71.00 – $7,039.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $2,980.01 | $71.00 – $7,039.11 |