Carotene at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE

2600 E. Pflugerville Parkway, Suite 100, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1346729159

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 13, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$283.20

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.

$472.00

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.

$7.74 with Superior Health Plan vs $58.18 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 $7.74 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $8.28 ↓ -97%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.76 ↓ -97%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $8.94 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare $9.22 ↓ -97%
TriWest Community Care Network $9.22 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $9.22 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $9.68 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $9.68 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $9.68 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $10.33 ↓ -96%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $11.06 ↓ -96%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $11.57 ↓ -96%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $11.63 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -96%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $13.78 ↓ -95%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $15.21 ↓ -95%
Cigna Local Plus $15.66 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $16.37 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO/PPO $18.29 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial $18.56 ↓ -93%
MidCoast Commercial $18.56 ↓ -93%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $18.56 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $19.26 ↓ -93%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $19.57 ↓ -93%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $20.25 ↓ -93%
Humana Commercial HMO $21.94 ↓ -92%
Curative Commercial $21.94 ↓ -92%
Mark Cuban Commercial $22.13 ↓ -92%
HealthSmart Accel Network $23.62 ↓ -92%
Humana Commercial PPO $23.62 ↓ -92%
First Health PPO $23.62 ↓ -92%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $25.31 ↓ -91%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $25.31 ↓ -91%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $30.38 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $47.67 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $48.31 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $55.23 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $58.18 ↓ -79%

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Carotene at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $83.84 $7.74 – $25.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $283.20 $4.17 – $30.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $283.20 $7.74 – $25.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $83.84 $7.74 – $25.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $283.20 $8.28 – $30.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $283.20 $7.74 – $30.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $283.20 $7.74 – $30.38
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