Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1447250253
$58.32
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.
$97.20
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.
$10.00 with United Healthcare vs $264.76 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | Charter | $10.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $10.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $11.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $34.99 | ↓ -40% |
| WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) | CHIP/Medicaid | $43.10 | ↓ -26% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $43.10 | ↓ -26% |
| Employers Health Network | BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental | $45.68 | ↓ -22% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $46.12 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $47.92 | ↓ -18% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $48.74 | ↓ -16% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $49.77 | ↓ -15% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $51.31 | ↓ -12% |
| Humana | Medicare | $51.31 | ↓ -12% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $51.31 | ↓ -12% |
| WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) | Medicare | $52.85 | ↓ -9% |
| Employers Health Network | EHN Network | $53.46 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $53.46 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $53.46 | ↓ -8% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $53.88 | ↓ -8% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare | $53.88 | ↓ -8% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $53.88 | ↓ -8% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $53.88 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $53.88 | ↓ -8% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $53.88 | ↓ -8% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $56.38 | ↓ -3% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $56.38 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $56.38 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $57.47 | ↓ -1% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $61.57 | ↑ +6% |
| Curative | Commercial | $63.18 | ↑ +8% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $64.39 | ↑ +10% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $64.70 | ↑ +11% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $68.04 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $68.04 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $68.04 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Commercial | $68.04 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $72.90 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $72.90 | ↑ +25% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $76.71 | ↑ +32% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $78.03 | ↑ +34% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $84.66 | ↑ +45% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $91.80 | ↑ +57% |
| Superior Ambetter | Ambetter Exchange | $110.32 | ↑ +89% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $123.14 | ↑ +111% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $125.20 | ↑ +115% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $177.53 | ↑ +204% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | City of Dallas | $238.08 | ↑ +308% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $251.42 | ↑ +331% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $264.76 | ↑ +354% |
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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL | Dallas | $71.85 | $30.79 – $134.43 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | Dallas | not published | $43.10 – $46.55 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | not published | $51.31 – $134.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $58.32 | $12.00 – $123.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $58.32 | $12.00 – $123.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $58.32 | $10.00 – $123.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $58.32 | $12.00 – $123.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $58.32 | $8.00 – $123.14 |