Assay of breath ethanol at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA
5330 Overpass Road, Suite 110, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1144781501
$45.76
Cash price 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.
$76.26
Gross charge 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.
$12.00 with United Healthcare vs $189.30 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $12.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $25.20 | ↓ -45% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $26.96 | ↓ -41% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $28.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Humana | Medicare | $30.00 | ↓ -34% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $30.00 | ↓ -34% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO | $30.00 | ↓ -34% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $31.50 | ↓ -31% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $31.50 | ↓ -31% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $31.50 | ↓ -31% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $31.50 | ↓ -31% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $33.60 | ↓ -27% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $35.38 | ↓ -23% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $36.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $37.65 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $41.33 | ↓ -10% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $41.94 | ↓ -8% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $41.94 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $41.94 | ↓ -8% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $44.23 | ↓ -3% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $49.50 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $49.57 | ↑ +8% |
| Curative | Commercial | $49.57 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $53.38 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $53.38 | ↑ +17% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $54.57 | ↑ +19% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $57.20 | ↑ +25% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $64.20 | ↑ +40% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $72.00 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $155.10 | ↑ +239% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $157.20 | ↑ +244% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $179.70 | ↑ +293% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $189.30 | ↑ +314% |
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $52.62 | $10.00 – $72.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $45.76 | $9.42 – $72.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $52.62 | $10.00 – $72.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $45.76 | $12.00 – $72.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $45.76 | $8.00 – $72.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $45.76 | $12.00 – $72.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $52.62 | $10.00 – $72.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $52.62 | $10.00 – $72.00 |