Critical care each additional 30 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

$686.86

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.

$1,144.76

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.

$220.48 with United Healthcare vs $10,880.00 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.

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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
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $220.48 ↓ -68%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $416.46 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $489.96 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $531.17 ↓ -23%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $538.04 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $564.37 ↓ -18%
Cigna HMO/PPO $620.46 ↓ -10%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $629.62 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $629.62 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $629.62 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $663.96 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $663.96 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $686.86 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $744.09 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $801.33 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $801.33 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $858.57 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Accel Network $858.57 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $858.57 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $858.57 ↑ +25%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $973.05 ↑ +42%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $1,030.28 ↑ +50%
Aetna Commercial $6,643.00 ↑ +867%
Blue Cross Blue Shield TX AM University $10,880.00 ↑ +1484%
Humana Commercial HMO not published by hospital

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $509.95 $225.90 – $2,476.90
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,597.43 $437.05 – $437.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $845.09 $239.44 – $3,000.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $686.86 $141.38 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,013.20 $202.64 – $7,280.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $845.09 $225.36 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $686.86 $354.88 – $1,030.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,013.20 $337.73 – $7,280.00

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