Ultrasound guide intraoperative at BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1447250253

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 29, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$632.90

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,054.83

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.

$130.46 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $896.61 with CORVEL — 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 Blue Advantage $130.46 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $179.32 ↓ -72%
WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) CHIP/Medicaid $179.32 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $184.60 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $191.87 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $247.87 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $261.57 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $275.27 ↓ -57%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $379.74 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $495.77 ↓ -22%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $520.03 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $520.03 ↓ -18%
Imagine Health Commercial $580.16 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $580.16 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $580.16 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $580.16 ↓ -8%
Cigna HMO/PPO $611.80 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $611.80 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $611.80 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $632.90 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Nexus $656.00 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Charter $656.00 ↑ +4%
Curative Commercial $685.64 ↑ +8%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $685.64 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $728.89 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $738.38 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $738.38 ↑ +17%
Optum Commercial $738.38 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $738.38 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $791.12 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $791.12 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $791.12 ↑ +25%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $896.61 ↑ +42%

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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $656.12 $135.05 – $984.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $488.56 $97.71 – $610.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $632.90 $149.38 – $896.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $656.12 $210.61 – $984.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $656.12 $338.99 – $984.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $488.56 $162.85 – $732.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $632.90 $130.46 – $896.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $632.90 $130.46 – $896.61

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