Transfusion blood/blood component(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

$342.13

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.

$1,955.00

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.

$32.33 with SUPERIOR vs $2,888.00 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 $32.33 ↓ -91%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $32.98 ↓ -90%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $32.98 ↓ -90%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $33.95 ↓ -90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $33.95 ↓ -90%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $40.74 ↓ -88%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $49.01 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $49.36 ↓ -86%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $52.52 ↓ -85%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $57.77 ↓ -83%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $75.33 ↓ -78%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $76.95 ↓ -78%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $430.10 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $438.71 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $443.01 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $460.21 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $488.75 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $574.77 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $623.65 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $645.15 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $689.73 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $765.58 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $938.40 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $1,075.25 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $1,173.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $1,192.55 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,251.20 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $1,251.20 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $1,290.30 ↑ +277%
United Commercial|Exchange $1,508.00 ↑ +341%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,524.90 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,661.75 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $1,759.50 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $1,955.00 ↑ +471%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +744%

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,775.85 $43.76 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,098.56 $30.73 – $1,373.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,085.62 $30.73 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,098.56 $30.73 – $1,647.84

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