Sodium hyaluronate 20 mg/2 ml syringe at St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital
1101 Woodson Drive, Caldwell, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1750377289
$41.65
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.
$238.00
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.
$40.46 with Cigna vs $238.00 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.
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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| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $40.46 | ↓ -3% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $47.60 | ↑ +14% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $52.36 | ↑ +26% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $53.41 | ↑ +28% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $53.94 | ↑ +30% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $56.03 | ↑ +35% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $59.50 | ↑ +43% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $69.98 | ↑ +68% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $75.93 | ↑ +82% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $78.54 | ↑ +89% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $78.54 | ↑ +89% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $83.97 | ↑ +102% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $114.24 | ↑ +174% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $116.80 | ↑ +180% |
| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $130.90 | ↑ +214% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $142.80 | ↑ +243% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $145.18 | ↑ +249% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $152.32 | ↑ +266% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.32 | ↑ +266% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $157.08 | ↑ +277% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $185.64 | ↑ +346% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $190.44 | ↑ +357% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $195.52 | ↑ +369% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $202.30 | ↑ +386% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $214.20 | ↑ +414% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $223.45 | ↑ +436% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $238.00 | ↑ +471% |
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Sodium hyaluronate 20 mg/2 ml syringe at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,048.07 | $325.86 – $325.86 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $269.10 | $76.18 – $768.85 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $41.65 | $30.33 – $214.20 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $269.10 | $92.26 – $768.85 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $269.10 | $92.26 – $768.85 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $41.65 | $40.46 – $202.30 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $269.10 | $92.26 – $768.85 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $41.65 | $40.46 – $264.18 |