Pr robotic surgical system at BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1447250253
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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.
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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.
$1,826.96 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $3,859.31 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 |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $1,826.96 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $2,583.69 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | City of Dallas | $3,470.14 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $3,664.73 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $3,859.31 | — |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Pr robotic surgical system at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $0.42 | $2,302.62 – $2,302.62 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $0.42 | $209.13 – $1,653.99 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $0.42 | $2,172.89 – $2,172.89 |
| Covenant Hospital Levelland | Levelland | $0.42 | $3,870.12 – $3,870.12 |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $0.42 | not published |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,351.30 – $1,351.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | not published | $1,826.96 – $1,826.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | not published | $1,826.96 – $1,826.96 |