X-ray surgical specimen at BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1447250253
$458.88
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.
$764.80
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.
$42.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,032.27 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 | $42.78 | ↓ -91% |
| WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) | CHIP/Medicaid | $42.78 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $45.77 | ↓ -90% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | Workers Compensation | $275.33 | ↓ -40% |
| Employers Health Network | BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental | $359.46 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $377.05 | ↓ -18% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $377.05 | ↓ -18% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $420.64 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $420.64 | ↓ -8% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $420.64 | ↓ -8% |
| Employers Health Network | EHN Network | $420.64 | ↓ -8% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $443.58 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $443.58 | ↓ -3% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $443.58 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $475.63 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $475.63 | ↑ +4% |
| Curative | Commercial | $497.12 | ↑ +8% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $521.46 | ↑ +14% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $528.48 | ↑ +15% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $532.43 | ↑ +16% |
| First Health | PPO | $535.36 | ↑ +17% |
| Optum | Commercial | $535.36 | ↑ +17% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $535.36 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $535.36 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $548.90 | ↑ +20% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $548.90 | ↑ +20% |
| Humana | Medicare | $548.90 | ↑ +20% |
| WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) | Medicare | $565.37 | ↑ +23% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $573.60 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $573.60 | ↑ +25% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $576.35 | ↑ +26% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $576.35 | ↑ +26% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $576.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $576.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare | $576.35 | ↑ +26% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $576.35 | ↑ +26% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $614.77 | ↑ +34% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $658.68 | ↑ +44% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $688.87 | ↑ +50% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $692.16 | ↑ +51% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $820.61 | ↑ +79% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $905.68 | ↑ +97% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $963.16 | ↑ +110% |
| Superior Ambetter | Ambetter Exchange | $1,180.13 | ↑ +157% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $1,362.87 | ↑ +197% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $1,366.64 | ↑ +198% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | City of Dallas | $1,830.00 | ↑ +299% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $1,931.14 | ↑ +321% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $2,032.27 | ↑ +343% |
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X-ray surgical specimen at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $638.62 | $131.45 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $565.09 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $638.62 | $45.77 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $638.62 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $565.09 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |