Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$282.91

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.

$471.51

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.

$12.00 with United Healthcare vs $497.04 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
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $66.17 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $70.80 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $74.83 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $78.77 ↓ -72%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $78.77 ↓ -72%
TriWest Community Care Network $78.77 ↓ -72%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $82.71 ↓ -71%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $82.71 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $82.71 ↓ -71%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $82.71 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $88.22 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $94.52 ↓ -67%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $98.86 ↓ -65%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $129.97 ↓ -54%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $143.70 ↓ -49%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $169.06 ↓ -40%
Mark Cuban Commercial $189.05 ↓ -33%
Cigna Local Plus $218.78 ↓ -23%
Cigna HMO/PPO $255.56 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $259.33 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $259.33 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $259.33 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $273.48 ↓ -3%
Curative Commercial $306.48 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $306.48 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $330.06 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $330.06 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $353.63 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $407.24 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $412.75 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $471.83 ↑ +67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $497.04 ↑ +76%

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $517.87 $70.89 – $303.26
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $308.92 $10.00 – $386.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $300.41 $12.00 – $450.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $308.92 $10.00 – $386.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $300.41 $12.00 – $450.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $300.41 $8.00 – $450.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $282.91 $12.00 – $424.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $308.92 $10.00 – $386.14

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