Bls-emergency 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

$440.83

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.

$734.72

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.

$88.17 with Superior Health Plan vs $551.04 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 $88.17 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $94.34 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $267.29 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $314.46 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $337.97 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $337.97 ↓ -23%
Cigna Local Plus $340.91 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $350.00 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Commercial $362.22 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $389.40 ↓ -12%
Cigna HMO/PPO $398.22 ↓ -10%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $404.10 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $404.10 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $404.10 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $411.44 ↓ -7%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $426.14 ↓ -3%
Humana Commercial HMO $477.57 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $477.57 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $514.30 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $514.30 ↑ +17%
TriWest Community Care Network $551.04 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $551.04 ↑ +25%

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Bls-emergency at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $484.91 $99.81 – $727.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $484.91 $155.66 – $727.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $484.91 $250.54 – $727.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $440.83 $146.94 – $661.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $484.91 $96.98 – $686.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $484.91 $121.23 – $727.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $440.83 $80.82 – $661.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $440.83 $139.60 – $587.78

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