Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1447250253
$1,410.82
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.
$2,351.37
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.
$223.75 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,763.53 with HealthSmart — 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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| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $223.75 | ↓ -84% |
| WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) | CHIP/Medicaid | $223.75 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $239.41 | ↓ -83% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $598.65 | ↓ -58% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $611.26 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $630.16 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | Medicare | $630.16 | ↓ -55% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $630.16 | ↓ -55% |
| WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) | Medicare | $649.06 | ↓ -54% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $661.67 | ↓ -53% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare | $661.67 | ↓ -53% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $661.67 | ↓ -53% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $661.67 | ↓ -53% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $661.67 | ↓ -53% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $661.67 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $705.78 | ↓ -50% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $756.19 | ↓ -46% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $790.85 | ↓ -44% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $794.63 | ↓ -44% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $822.98 | ↓ -42% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $846.49 | ↓ -40% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $942.09 | ↓ -33% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $1,039.76 | ↓ -26% |
| Employers Health Network | BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental | $1,105.14 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $1,159.23 | ↓ -18% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $1,159.23 | ↓ -18% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $1,222.71 | ↓ -13% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,293.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Employers Health Network | EHN Network | $1,293.25 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $1,293.25 | ↓ -8% |
| Superior Ambetter | Ambetter Exchange | $1,354.84 | ↓ -4% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $1,363.79 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $1,363.79 | ↓ -3% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $1,363.79 | ↓ -3% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $1,363.79 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $1,462.32 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $1,462.32 | ↑ +4% |
| Curative | Commercial | $1,528.39 | ↑ +8% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $1,556.23 | ↑ +10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | City of Dallas | $1,575.42 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $1,624.80 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $1,645.96 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $1,645.96 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $1,645.96 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Commercial | $1,645.96 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $1,645.96 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $1,740.01 | ↑ +23% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $1,763.53 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $1,763.53 | ↑ +25% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $5,692.94 | $788.14 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,298.50 | $71.00 – $1,947.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,110.97 | $71.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,410.82 | $223.75 – $1,763.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,298.50 | $85.00 – $1,947.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,298.50 | $223.75 – $1,947.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,110.97 | $71.00 – $1,666.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,410.82 | $223.75 – $1,763.53 |