X-ray optic foramina at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING

1901 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1992700983

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

$138.73

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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$231.21

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.

$37.76 with WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) vs $336.80 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.

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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
WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) CHIP/Medicaid $37.76 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $37.76 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $40.40 ↓ -71%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $108.67 ↓ -22%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $113.99 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $113.99 ↓ -18%
Imagine Health Commercial $127.17 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $127.17 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $127.17 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $127.17 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $134.10 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $134.10 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $134.10 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $138.73 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Nexus $143.79 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Charter $143.79 ↑ +4%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $150.29 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $150.29 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $159.62 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $159.77 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $161.85 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $161.85 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $161.85 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $173.41 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $173.41 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $173.41 ↑ +25%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $196.53 ↑ +42%
Mark Cuban Commercial $225.11 ↑ +62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $225.86 ↑ +63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $303.28 ↑ +119%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $320.04 ↑ +131%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $336.80 ↑ +143%

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X-ray optic foramina at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $138.73 $37.76 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.74 $41.32 – $301.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $210.77 $37.76 – $263.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $138.73 $37.76 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $200.74 $40.40 – $301.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $200.74 $37.76 – $301.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $210.77 $37.76 – $316.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $138.73 $37.76 – $225.11

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