Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA

5330 Overpass Road, Suite 110, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1144781501

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

$1,459.63

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.

$2,432.71

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 $2,472.00 with Humana — 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 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $334.95 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $358.40 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $865.56 ↓ -41%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $885.02 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare $911.12 ↓ -38%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $911.12 ↓ -38%
TriWest Community Care Network $911.12 ↓ -38%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $956.68 ↓ -34%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $956.68 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $956.68 ↓ -34%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $956.68 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,020.45 ↓ -30%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $1,041.20 ↓ -29%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $1,093.34 ↓ -25%
Cigna Local Plus $1,128.78 ↓ -23%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $1,143.46 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,199.33 ↓ -18%
Cigna HMO/PPO $1,318.53 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $1,337.99 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $1,337.99 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $1,337.99 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $1,410.97 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $1,503.35 ↑ +3%
Curative Commercial $1,581.26 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $1,702.90 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $1,702.90 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $1,824.53 ↑ +25%
Mark Cuban Commercial $2,245.59 ↑ +54%
Humana Commercial HMO $2,472.00 ↑ +69%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,281.73 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,781.67 $71.00 – $2,672.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,281.73 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,781.67 $85.00 – $2,672.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,781.67 $334.95 – $2,672.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,459.63 $71.00 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,281.73 $334.95 – $2,245.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $1,281.73 $334.95 – $2,245.59

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