Contrast exam thoracic aorta at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK
900 East Whitestone Boulevard, Cedar Park, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1265568638
$6,446.54
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.
$10,744.23
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.
$182.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,334.54 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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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| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $182.78 | ↓ -97% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $195.57 | ↓ -97% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,013.28 | ↓ -53% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $3,076.71 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | Medicare | $3,171.87 | ↓ -51% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $3,171.87 | ↓ -51% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO | $3,171.87 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↓ -48% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↓ -48% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↓ -48% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $3,552.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $3,806.24 | ↓ -41% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $3,908.75 | ↓ -39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $3,980.70 | ↓ -38% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $3,999.73 | ↓ -38% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $4,598.53 | ↓ -29% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $4,741.95 | ↓ -26% |
| CareWorks fka Rockport | Worker's Compensation | $4,741.95 | ↓ -26% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $4,741.95 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $4,985.32 | ↓ -23% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $5,233.59 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $5,823.37 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $5,909.33 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $5,909.33 | ↓ -8% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $5,909.33 | ↓ -8% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $6,231.65 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $6,446.54 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $6,983.75 | ↑ +8% |
| Curative | Commercial | $6,983.75 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $7,424.26 | ↑ +15% |
| First Health | PPO | $7,520.96 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $7,520.96 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $7,520.96 | ↑ +17% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $7,896.23 | ↑ +22% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $8,058.17 | ↑ +25% |
| BlueBell Creameries | Self Insured | $8,058.17 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $8,058.17 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $9,311.50 | ↑ +44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $9,422.35 | ↑ +46% |
| Three Rivers | Three Rivers Provider Network | $9,669.81 | ↑ +50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $10,780.28 | ↑ +67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $11,334.54 | ↑ +76% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Contrast exam thoracic aorta at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | $2,788.38 | $182.94 – $11,223.68 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,748.50 | $771.57 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,446.54 | $182.78 – $8,058.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,748.50 | $195.57 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,748.50 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,570.00 | $182.78 – $7,896.23 |