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EKG (Electrocardiogram) 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

$140.07

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.

$233.45

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.

$28.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $917.00 with Aetna — 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 $28.01 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $29.97 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $84.93 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $89.44 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $90.65 ↓ -35%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $99.92 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $103.63 ↓ -26%
Cigna Local Plus $108.32 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $109.16 ↓ -22%
Cigna HMO/PPO $126.53 ↓ -10%
MidCoast Commercial $128.40 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $128.40 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $135.40 ↓ -3%
Curative Commercial $151.74 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $151.74 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $161.31 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $163.41 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $163.41 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $175.09 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $175.09 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial $917.00 ↑ +555%

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EKG (Electrocardiogram) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $142.72 $29.38 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $142.72 $45.81 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $142.72 $73.74 – $214.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $142.72 $28.54 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $140.07 $25.68 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $140.07 $46.69 – $210.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $140.07 $44.36 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $142.72 $35.68 – $917.00

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