Decompress spine cord add-on at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION
700 Scott & White Dr., College Station, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1265772362
$6,063.98
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.
$10,106.64
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.
$85.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $9,095.98 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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| Blue Cross Blue Shield | TX AM University | $85.00 | ↓ -99% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $1,946.54 | ↓ -68% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $3,676.80 | ↓ -39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $4,325.64 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $4,689.48 | ↓ -23% |
| Employers Health Network | BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental | $4,750.12 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $4,982.57 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $5,477.80 | ↓ -10% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $5,558.65 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $5,558.65 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $5,558.65 | ↓ -8% |
| Employers Health Network | EHN Network | $5,558.65 | ↓ -8% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $5,861.85 | ↓ -3% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $5,861.85 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $6,063.98 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative | Commercial | $6,569.32 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $7,074.65 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $7,074.65 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $7,074.65 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $7,441.00 | ↑ +23% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $7,579.98 | ↑ +25% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $7,579.98 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $7,579.98 | ↑ +25% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $8,590.64 | ↑ +42% |
| Three Rivers | Three Rivers Provider Network | $9,095.98 | ↑ +50% |
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Decompress spine cord add-on at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $4,826.69 – $4,826.69 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | not published | $1,343.14 – $2,688.00 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | not published | $1,187.00 – $1,187.00 |
| Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital | Cedar Park | not published | $204.58 – $1,000.00 |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) | Luling | not published | $204.58 – $1,000.00 |
| Adventhealth Central Texas | Killeen | not published | $4,826.69 – $4,826.69 |
| Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South | Burleson | not published | $1,187.00 – $1,187.00 |
| Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) | Burnet | not published | $204.58 – $1,000.00 |