Pulse ox single 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

$95.02

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.

$158.36

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.

$9.30 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $142.52 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 $9.30 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $30.50 ↓ -68%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $57.61 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $67.78 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $73.48 ↓ -23%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $74.43 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $78.07 ↓ -18%
Cigna HMO/PPO $85.83 ↓ -10%
MidCoast Commercial $87.10 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $87.10 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $87.10 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $87.10 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $91.85 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $91.85 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $95.02 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial HMO $102.93 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $102.93 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $110.85 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $110.85 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $110.85 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $118.77 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $118.77 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $118.77 ↑ +25%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $134.61 ↑ +42%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $142.52 ↑ +50%

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Pulse ox single at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $33.43 $5.01 – $447.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $244.08 $9.70 – $9.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $112.05 $7.74 – $158.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $95.02 $7.61 – $142.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $101.37 $7.61 – $126.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $112.05 $5.90 – $158.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $95.02 $49.09 – $142.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $101.37 $7.61 – $152.06

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