Vein x-ray liver at BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1447250253
$2,563.49
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.
$4,272.48
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.
$124.30 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,694.80 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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| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $124.30 | ↓ -95% |
| WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) | CHIP/Medicaid | $124.30 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $133.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $1,538.09 | ↓ -40% |
| Employers Health Network | BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental | $2,008.07 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $2,106.33 | ↓ -18% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $2,106.33 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,349.86 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $2,349.86 | ↓ -8% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $2,349.86 | ↓ -8% |
| Employers Health Network | EHN Network | $2,349.86 | ↓ -8% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $2,478.04 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $2,478.04 | ↓ -3% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $2,478.04 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $2,657.06 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $2,657.06 | ↑ +4% |
| Curative | Commercial | $2,777.11 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $2,952.28 | ↑ +15% |
| First Health | PPO | $2,990.74 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Commercial | $2,990.74 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $2,990.74 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $2,990.74 | ↑ +17% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,013.28 | ↑ +18% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $3,076.71 | ↑ +20% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $3,171.87 | ↑ +24% |
| Humana | Medicare | $3,171.87 | ↑ +24% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $3,171.87 | ↑ +24% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $3,204.36 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $3,204.36 | ↑ +25% |
| WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) | Medicare | $3,267.03 | ↑ +27% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↑ +30% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↑ +30% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↑ +30% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↑ +30% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare | $3,330.46 | ↑ +30% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $3,330.46 | ↑ +30% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $3,552.49 | ↑ +39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $3,806.24 | ↑ +48% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $3,980.70 | ↑ +55% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $3,999.73 | ↑ +56% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $4,741.95 | ↑ +85% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $5,233.59 | ↑ +104% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $5,542.56 | ↑ +116% |
| Superior Ambetter | Ambetter Exchange | $6,819.52 | ↑ +166% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $7,842.72 | ↑ +206% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $7,896.23 | ↑ +208% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | City of Dallas | $10,530.86 | ↑ +311% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $11,112.83 | ↑ +334% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $11,694.80 | ↑ +356% |
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Vein x-ray liver at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,642.81 | $749.81 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,446.54 | $124.30 – $8,058.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,563.49 | $124.30 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,642.81 | $133.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,642.81 | $124.30 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $6,446.54 | $124.30 – $9,669.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,563.49 | $124.30 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $2,563.49 | $124.30 – $7,896.23 |