Contrast x-ray of brain at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION
700 Scott & White Dr., College Station, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1265772362
$1,979.98
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.
$3,299.96
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.
$61.50 with United Healthcare vs $2,969.96 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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| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $61.50 | ↓ -97% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $332.94 | ↓ -83% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $339.95 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO | $350.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare | $350.46 | ↓ -82% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $350.46 | ↓ -82% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $367.98 | ↓ -81% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $367.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $367.98 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $392.52 | ↓ -80% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $420.55 | ↓ -79% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $439.83 | ↓ -78% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $441.93 | ↓ -78% |
| CareWorks fka Rockport | Worker's Compensation | $523.94 | ↓ -74% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $523.94 | ↓ -74% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $578.26 | ↓ -71% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $952.69 | ↓ -52% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $1,200.53 | ↓ -39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $1,412.38 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,531.18 | ↓ -23% |
| Employers Health Network | BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental | $1,550.98 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | TX AM University | $1,561.77 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $1,788.58 | ↓ -10% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $1,814.98 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,814.98 | ↓ -8% |
| Employers Health Network | EHN Network | $1,814.98 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $1,814.98 | ↓ -8% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $1,814.98 | ↓ -8% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $1,913.98 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $1,979.98 | ↑ +0% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $2,144.97 | ↑ +8% |
| Curative | Commercial | $2,144.97 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,280.27 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $2,309.97 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $2,309.97 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $2,309.97 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $2,474.97 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $2,474.97 | ↑ +25% |
| Three Rivers | Three Rivers Provider Network | $2,969.96 | ↑ +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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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,979.98 | $407.55 – $2,969.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,078.98 | $57.48 – $2,598.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,979.98 | $57.48 – $2,969.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,078.98 | $57.48 – $3,118.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $1,979.98 | $57.48 – $2,474.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $1,979.98 | $57.48 – $2,969.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $2,078.98 | $57.48 – $3,118.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR | Taylor | $2,078.98 | $494.01 – $2,771.97 |