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Blood Culture Test at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE

1650 W. College, Grapevine, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1073511762

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

$204.31

Cash price

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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.

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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$340.52

Gross charge

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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.

$8.67 with Superior Health Plan vs $255.39 with Private Health Care System — 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
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $8.67 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicaid $8.84 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $9.28 ↓ -95%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.80 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Charter $10.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Nexus $10.00 ↓ -95%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $10.01 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare $10.32 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.32 ↓ -95%
TriWest Community Care Network $10.32 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $10.84 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $10.84 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $10.84 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $10.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $10.84 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $11.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.56 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $12.38 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $12.95 ↓ -94%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $13.01 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $15.30 ↓ -93%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $15.43 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $17.03 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $18.00 ↓ -91%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $22.19 ↓ -89%
Mark Cuban Commercial $24.77 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $25.18 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $35.71 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $47.88 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $50.57 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $53.25 ↓ -74%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $160.04 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $167.88 ↓ -18%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $187.29 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $187.29 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $187.29 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $197.50 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $197.50 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $197.50 ↓ -3%
Curative Commercial $221.34 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $238.36 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $238.36 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $238.36 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $255.39 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $255.39 ↑ +25%

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Blood Culture Test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $204.31 $8.67 – $255.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $162.54 $12.00 – $243.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $205.15 $8.67 – $256.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $204.31 $8.67 – $255.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $162.54 $9.28 – $243.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $162.54 $8.00 – $243.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $204.31 $8.67 – $255.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $162.54 $8.67 – $203.18

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