Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO

4700 Alliance Blvd., Plano, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1649273434

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

$81.04

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$135.06

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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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$10.00 with United Healthcare vs $82.92 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
United Healthcare Charter $10.00 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Nexus $10.00 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $11.00 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $13.50 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $14.45 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.27 ↓ -81%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $15.59 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare $16.07 ↓ -80%
TriWest Community Care Network $16.07 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.07 ↓ -80%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $16.87 ↓ -79%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.00 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $19.28 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $20.17 ↓ -75%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $20.26 ↓ -75%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $24.02 ↓ -70%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $24.48 ↓ -70%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $26.52 ↓ -67%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $28.80 ↓ -64%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $34.55 ↓ -57%
Mark Cuban Commercial $38.57 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $39.21 ↓ -52%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $50.77 ↓ -37%
Cigna Local Plus $53.26 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $55.60 ↓ -31%
Aetna Commercial $59.42 ↓ -27%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $59.42 ↓ -27%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $59.42 ↓ -27%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $62.66 ↓ -23%
Imagine Health Commercial $62.66 ↓ -23%
Cigna HMO/PPO $62.66 ↓ -23%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $64.82 ↓ -20%
Curative Commercial $70.22 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $74.56 ↓ -8%
Optum Commercial $75.62 ↓ -7%
Humana Commercial PPO $75.62 ↓ -7%
HealthSmart Accel Network $75.62 ↓ -7%
First Health PPO $75.62 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $78.74 ↓ -3%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $81.02 ↓ -0%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $81.02 ↓ -0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $82.92 ↑ +2%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $138.50 $14.46 – $61.87
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $81.04 $10.00 – $81.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $76.20 $12.00 – $97.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $76.20 $12.00 – $81.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $81.04 $10.00 – $81.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $76.20 $12.00 – $97.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $76.20 $8.00 – $97.23
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