Treatment of mouth lesion physical 40820 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

$59.50

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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.

$340.00

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.

$74.80 with BCBS 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
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $74.80 ↑ +26%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $76.30 ↑ +28%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $77.05 ↑ +29%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $80.04 ↑ +35%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $85.00 ↑ +43%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $99.96 ↑ +68%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $108.46 ↑ +82%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $112.20 ↑ +89%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $119.96 ↑ +102%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $133.15 ↑ +124%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $163.20 ↑ +174%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $187.00 ↑ +214%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $187.56 ↑ +215%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $191.31 ↑ +222%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $191.31 ↑ +222%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $196.94 ↑ +231%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $196.94 ↑ +231%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $204.00 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $207.40 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $217.60 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $217.60 ↑ +266%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $224.40 ↑ +277%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $236.33 ↑ +297%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $265.20 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $289.00 ↑ +386%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $300.62 ↑ +405%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $302.77 ↑ +409%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $306.00 ↑ +414%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $322.10 ↑ +441%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $340.00 ↑ +471%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $354.30 ↑ +495%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $437.01 ↑ +634%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $446.39 ↑ +650%
United Commercial|Exchange $2,124.00 ↑ +3470%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $2,888.00 ↑ +4754%

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Treatment of mouth lesion physical 40820 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,641.78 $71.00 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,641.78 $71.00 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,641.78 $85.00 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,641.78 $178.29 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,641.78 $71.00 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,641.78 $71.00 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $2,641.78 $71.00 – $7,975.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $2,641.78 $71.00 – $7,975.81

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