Compre oph exam new pt 1/> 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

$241.00

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.

$401.67

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.

$48.20 with Superior Health Plan vs $327.47 with Mark Cuban — 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 $48.20 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $51.57 ↓ -79%
Humana Commercial HMO $113.00 ↓ -53%
TriWest Community Care Network $133.74 ↓ -45%
Humana Medicare $133.74 ↓ -45%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $133.74 ↓ -45%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $140.43 ↓ -42%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $140.43 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $140.43 ↓ -42%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $140.43 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $149.79 ↓ -38%
Aetna Commercial $220.92 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $220.92 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $220.92 ↓ -8%
Curative Commercial $261.09 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $281.17 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $281.17 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $301.25 ↑ +25%
Mark Cuban Commercial $327.47 ↑ +36%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Compre oph exam new pt 1/> at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $241.00 $49.61 – $361.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $241.00 $77.36 – $361.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $241.00 $124.52 – $361.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $241.00 $80.33 – $361.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $241.00 $48.20 – $327.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $241.00 $60.25 – $361.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $241.00 $44.18 – $361.50
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