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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) 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

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Cash price

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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.

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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.

$7,038.00 with Cigna vs $46,166.33 with Mark Cuban — 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
Cigna Local Plus $7,038.00
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $7,051.26
Aetna Medicaid $7,192.29
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $7,544.85
Cigna HMO/PPO $8,280.00
United Healthcare Charter $9,126.00
United Healthcare Nexus $9,126.00
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $10,140.00
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16,760.60
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $17,113.46
Humana Medicare $17,642.74
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17,642.74
TriWest Community Care Network $17,642.74
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $18,524.88
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $18,524.88
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $18,524.88
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $18,524.88
Superior Health Plan Medicare $18,524.88
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19,759.87
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $20,112.20
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $21,171.29
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $22,141.64
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $22,247.50
Sedgwick Preferred Network $26,375.90
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $28,442.70
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $29,110.52
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $37,931.89
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $38,201.28
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $40,343.41
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $42,485.53
Mark Cuban Commercial $46,166.33
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial not published by hospital
Imagine Health Commercial not published by hospital

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Lumbar Spinal Fusion (single level) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,428.66 $71.00 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $10,629.07 $71.00 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5,428.66 $85.00 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $5,428.66 $4,523.88 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $5,428.66 $71.00 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $10,629.07 $71.00 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $10,629.07 $71.00 – $46,166.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $10,629.07 $71.00 – $46,166.33

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