Assay of blood lipoprotein 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

$71.49

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.

$119.15

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.

$10.71 with Superior Health Plan vs $89.36 with Private Health Care System — 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 $10.71 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $11.46 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -83%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $12.11 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $12.75 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $12.75 ↓ -82%
TriWest Community Care Network $12.75 ↓ -82%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $13.39 ↓ -81%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.39 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $13.39 ↓ -81%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $13.39 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.28 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $15.30 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $16.00 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $21.04 ↓ -71%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $23.65 ↓ -67%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $27.82 ↓ -61%
Mark Cuban Commercial $30.60 ↓ -57%
Cigna Local Plus $55.29 ↓ -23%
Cigna HMO/PPO $64.58 ↓ -10%
MidCoast Commercial $65.53 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $65.53 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $65.53 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $65.92 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $66.81 ↓ -7%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $69.11 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $76.37 ↑ +7%
Curative Commercial $77.45 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $77.45 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $80.45 ↑ +13%
First Health PPO $83.41 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $83.41 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $89.36 ↑ +25%

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Assay of blood lipoprotein at other Texas hospitals

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