Crystal identification light microscopy at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE

6800 Scenic Drive, Rowlett, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1205018439

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

$84.56

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.

$140.93

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.

$6.16 with Superior Health Plan vs $56.37 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
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $6.16 ↓ -93%
WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) CHIP/Medicaid $6.16 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $6.59 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.96 ↓ -92%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $7.11 ↓ -92%
TriWest Community Care Network $7.33 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare $7.33 ↓ -91%
WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare $7.55 ↓ -91%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $7.70 ↓ -91%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -91%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -91%
Molina Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.21 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $8.80 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $9.20 ↓ -89%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $9.24 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Nexus $10.00 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Charter $10.00 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $10.71 ↓ -87%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $10.96 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $11.00 ↓ -87%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $12.09 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $12.60 ↓ -85%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $15.76 ↓ -81%
Mark Cuban Commercial $17.59 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $26.68 ↓ -68%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $35.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna Local Plus $36.98 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $37.75 ↓ -55%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $41.25 ↓ -51%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $41.25 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial $41.25 ↓ -51%
Cigna HMO/PPO $43.50 ↓ -49%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $43.50 ↓ -49%
Imagine Health Commercial $43.50 ↓ -49%
Texas A&M Commerce Injured Athletes $45.00 ↓ -47%
Curative Commercial $48.75 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $50.72 ↓ -40%
HealthSmart Accel Network $52.50 ↓ -38%
First Health PPO $52.50 ↓ -38%
Humana Commercial PPO $52.50 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $53.58 ↓ -37%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $56.25 ↓ -33%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $56.25 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $56.37 ↓ -33%

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Crystal identification light microscopy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $67.01 $6.60 – $28.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $84.56 $6.16 – $56.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.24 $9.26 – $67.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $55.71 $6.16 – $56.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $84.56 $6.16 – $56.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.24 $6.59 – $67.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $58.24 $6.16 – $67.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $55.71 $6.16 – $67.50

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