Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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

$56.53

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.

$323.00

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.

$26.42 with United vs $290.70 with Multiplan — 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
United Commercial|Exchange $26.42 ↓ -53%
BCBS Medicare|All Plans $29.35 ↓ -48%
AETNA Medicare|All Plans $29.35 ↓ -48%
UNITED Medicare|All Plans $29.94 ↓ -47%
AMERIVANTAGE Medicare|All Plans $30.23 ↓ -47%
SCANHealth Medicare|All Plans $31.40 ↓ -44%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Ref Lab $31.96 ↓ -43%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|CHIP $40.21 ↓ -29%
UNITED Medicaid|STARKIDS $41.01 ↓ -27%
UNITED Medicaid|All Other Plans $41.01 ↓ -27%
BCBS Medicaid|STARKIDS $42.22 ↓ -25%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|All Other Plans $42.22 ↓ -25%
Ambetter Commercial|All Plans $42.56 ↓ -25%
Wellpoint Commercial|Exchange $44.03 ↓ -22%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STAR $50.66 ↓ -10%
Bright Health Commercial|All Plans $52.24 ↓ -8%
Entrust Commercial|All Plans $58.70 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial|Local Plus $64.17 ↑ +14%
Ellwood Commercial|All Plans $88.05 ↑ +56%
SUPERIOR Medicaid|STARPLUS $93.69 ↑ +66%
Wellpoint Medicaid|All Other Plans $94.97 ↑ +68%
UNITED Medicaid|STARPLUS $95.70 ↑ +69%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Premier $103.02 ↑ +82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO $103.02 ↑ +82%
BCBS-TX Commercial|HMO $105.07 ↑ +86%
Wellpoint Medicaid|STAR $113.96 ↑ +102%
BCBS-TX Commercial|PPO $121.22 ↑ +114%
Health Smart Commercial|All Plans $177.65 ↑ +214%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $193.80 ↑ +243%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $197.03 ↑ +249%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $206.72 ↑ +266%
Aetna Commercial|All Plans $206.72 ↑ +266%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $251.94 ↑ +346%
PHCS Commercial|All Plans $274.55 ↑ +386%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $290.70 ↑ +414%

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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $437.67 $26.42 – $113.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $193.78 $10.00 – $70.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $146.25 $7.69 – $70.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $178.01 $12.00 – $70.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $193.78 $10.00 – $70.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $146.25 $12.00 – $70.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $146.25 $8.00 – $70.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $178.01 $12.00 – $70.44

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