Contrast x-ray of brain at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK
900 East Whitestone Boulevard, Cedar Park, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1265568638
$2,050.99
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.
$3,418.31
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.
$166.40 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,076.48 with Three Rivers — 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 | $166.40 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $178.05 | ↓ -91% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $748.12 | ↓ -64% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $763.87 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Medicare | $787.49 | ↓ -62% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $787.49 | ↓ -62% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO | $787.49 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $826.86 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $826.86 | ↓ -60% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $826.86 | ↓ -60% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $826.86 | ↓ -60% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $826.86 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $881.99 | ↓ -57% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $944.99 | ↓ -54% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $988.30 | ↓ -52% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $993.02 | ↓ -52% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $1,177.30 | ↓ -43% |
| CareWorks fka Rockport | Worker's Compensation | $1,177.30 | ↓ -43% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $1,177.30 | ↓ -43% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $1,243.58 | ↓ -39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $1,299.36 | ↓ -37% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $1,463.04 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,586.10 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $1,852.72 | ↓ -10% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $1,880.07 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $1,880.07 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,880.07 | ↓ -8% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $1,982.62 | ↓ -3% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $1,983.49 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $2,050.99 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative | Commercial | $2,221.90 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $2,221.90 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $2,287.56 | ↑ +12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $2,314.79 | ↑ +13% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,362.05 | ↑ +15% |
| First Health | PPO | $2,392.82 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $2,392.82 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $2,392.82 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $2,563.73 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $2,563.73 | ↑ +25% |
| BlueBell Creameries | Self Insured | $2,563.73 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $2,648.39 | ↑ +29% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $2,784.55 | ↑ +36% |
| Three Rivers | Three Rivers Provider Network | $3,076.48 | ↑ +50% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Contrast x-ray of brain at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | not published | $87.74 – $2,757.32 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,336.32 | $166.40 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,718.20 | $353.66 – $2,577.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,050.99 | $166.40 – $2,563.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,336.32 | $166.40 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,718.20 | $178.05 – $2,577.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,718.20 | $166.40 – $2,577.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,336.32 | $166.40 – $1,983.49 |