Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION

700 Scott & White Dr., College Station, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1265772362

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

$185.68

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.

$309.47

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.

$35.64 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $278.52 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $35.64 ↓ -81%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $36.39 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $37.52 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $37.52 ↓ -80%
TriWest Community Care Network $37.52 ↓ -80%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $39.40 ↓ -79%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $39.40 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $39.40 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $42.02 ↓ -77%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $45.02 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $47.09 ↓ -75%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $47.31 ↓ -75%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $56.09 ↓ -70%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $56.09 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $59.60 ↓ -68%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $61.91 ↓ -67%
Mark Cuban Commercial $99.35 ↓ -46%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $112.59 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield TX AM University $123.36 ↓ -34%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $132.45 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $143.59 ↓ -23%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $145.45 ↓ -22%
Cigna HMO/PPO $167.73 ↓ -10%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $170.21 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $170.21 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $170.21 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $170.21 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $179.49 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $179.49 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $185.68 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $201.16 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $201.16 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $213.84 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel Network $216.63 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $216.63 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $216.63 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $232.10 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $232.10 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $278.52 ↑ +50%

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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $77.18 $66.53 – $447.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $237.16 $35.64 – $296.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $185.68 $38.22 – $278.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $180.79 $35.64 – $225.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $237.16 $35.64 – $296.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $185.68 $95.94 – $278.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $180.79 $35.64 – $271.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $237.16 $35.64 – $296.44

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