Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 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

$1,283.94

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.

$2,139.90

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.

$85.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $1,925.91 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield TX AM University $85.00 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $281.26 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $673.64 ↓ -48%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $687.83 ↓ -46%
TriWest Community Care Network $709.10 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare $709.10 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $709.10 ↓ -45%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $744.55 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $744.55 ↓ -42%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $744.55 ↓ -42%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $778.50 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $794.19 ↓ -38%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $850.92 ↓ -34%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $889.92 ↓ -31%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $894.18 ↓ -30%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $915.88 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $992.91 ↓ -23%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $1,005.75 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,054.97 ↓ -18%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $1,060.10 ↓ -17%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $1,060.10 ↓ -17%
Cigna HMO/PPO $1,159.83 ↓ -10%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,170.02 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial $1,176.94 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $1,176.94 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $1,176.94 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $1,176.94 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $1,241.14 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $1,241.14 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $1,283.94 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $1,390.93 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,497.93 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $1,497.93 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $1,497.93 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $1,604.92 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $1,604.92 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial HMO $1,641.00 ↑ +28%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,713.14 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $1,925.91 ↑ +50%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $338.63 $1,064.25 – $1,935.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,192.95 $262.86 – $1,713.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,283.94 $71.00 – $1,925.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,312.35 $71.00 – $1,713.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,192.95 $262.86 – $1,713.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,283.94 $262.86 – $1,925.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,312.35 $71.00 – $1,968.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,192.95 $262.86 – $1,713.14

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