Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$76.20

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.

$127.00

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.

$12.00 with United Healthcare vs $101.40 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 Commercial $12.00 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $14.45 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.27 ↓ -80%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $15.59 ↓ -80%
TriWest Community Care Network $16.07 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $16.07 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $16.07 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -78%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.00 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $19.28 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $20.17 ↓ -74%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $20.26 ↓ -73%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $24.02 ↓ -68%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $24.02 ↓ -68%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $26.52 ↓ -65%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $29.10 ↓ -62%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $34.24 ↓ -55%
Mark Cuban Commercial $38.57 ↓ -49%
Cigna Local Plus $50.13 ↓ -34%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $50.77 ↓ -33%
Cigna HMO/PPO $58.55 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $59.42 ↓ -22%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $59.42 ↓ -22%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $59.42 ↓ -22%
MidCoast Commercial $59.42 ↓ -22%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $62.66 ↓ -18%
Imagine Health Commercial $62.66 ↓ -18%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $64.82 ↓ -15%
Humana Commercial HMO $70.22 ↓ -8%
Curative Commercial $70.22 ↓ -8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $75.62 ↓ -1%
First Health PPO $75.62 ↓ -1%
Humana Commercial PPO $75.62 ↓ -1%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $81.02 ↑ +6%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $81.02 ↑ +6%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $97.23 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield TX AM University $101.40 ↑ +33%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $19.60 $13.50 – $95.20
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $138.50 $14.46 – $61.87
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $81.04 $10.00 – $81.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $76.20 $12.00 – $97.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $76.20 $12.00 – $81.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $81.04 $10.00 – $81.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $76.20 $8.00 – $97.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $76.20 $12.00 – $97.23

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