Smear wet mount at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK

900 East Whitestone Boulevard, Cedar Park, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1265568638

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 13, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$63.11

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.

$105.18

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.

$4.89 with Superior Health Plan vs $94.66 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.

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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 Health Plan Medicaid $4.89 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $5.23 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.53 ↓ -91%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $5.65 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare $5.82 ↓ -91%
TriWest Community Care Network $5.82 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $5.82 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $6.11 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.11 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $6.11 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $6.11 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.11 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.52 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $6.98 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $7.30 ↓ -88%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $7.34 ↓ -88%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $8.70 ↓ -86%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $8.70 ↓ -86%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $8.70 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $9.60 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $10.91 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $12.84 ↓ -80%
Mark Cuban Commercial $13.97 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $30.09 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $30.50 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $34.86 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $36.72 ↓ -42%
Cigna Local Plus $48.80 ↓ -23%
Cigna HMO/PPO $57.01 ↓ -10%
MidCoast Commercial $57.85 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $57.85 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $57.85 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $61.00 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $63.11 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $68.37 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $68.37 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $73.63 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $73.63 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $73.63 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $78.89 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $78.89 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $78.89 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $94.66 ↑ +50%

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