Drain neck/chest lesion 21501 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

$3,074.02

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.

$5,123.36

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.

$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $7,039.11 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $815.20 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $872.26 ↓ -72%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,863.88 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,192.80 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $2,377.24 ↓ -23%
HealthSmart Accel Network $2,416.00 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,525.82 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,772.05 ↓ -10%
Cigna HMO/PPO $2,776.86 ↓ -10%
MidCoast Commercial $2,817.85 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $2,817.85 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $2,817.85 ↓ -8%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $2,830.41 ↓ -8%
TriWest Community Care Network $2,917.95 ↓ -5%
Humana Medicare $2,917.95 ↓ -5%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $2,917.95 ↓ -5%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $2,971.55 ↓ -3%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $3,063.85 ↓ -0%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,063.85 ↓ -0%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $3,063.85 ↓ -0%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $3,074.02 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,268.10 ↑ +6%
Curative Commercial $3,330.18 ↑ +8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $3,501.54 ↑ +14%
Humana Commercial PPO $3,586.35 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $3,586.35 ↑ +17%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $3,662.03 ↑ +19%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $3,679.53 ↑ +20%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $3,842.52 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $3,842.52 ↑ +25%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $4,362.34 ↑ +42%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $4,611.02 ↑ +50%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $4,814.62 ↑ +57%
Humana Commercial HMO $5,266.00 ↑ +71%
Mark Cuban Commercial $7,039.11 ↑ +129%

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Drain neck/chest lesion 21501 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,727.07 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,220.39 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,074.02 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,727.07 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,220.39 $85.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,220.39 $815.20 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,074.02 $71.00 – $7,039.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,727.07 $815.20 – $7,039.11

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