Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$103.50

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.

$172.50

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 $323.77 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 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $43.10 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $46.12 ↓ -55%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $48.74 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $51.31 ↓ -50%
TriWest Community Care Network $51.31 ↓ -50%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $51.31 ↓ -50%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -48%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -48%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $57.47 ↓ -44%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $61.57 ↓ -41%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $64.39 ↓ -38%
Cigna Local Plus $80.04 ↓ -23%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $84.66 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $92.77 ↓ -10%
Cigna HMO/PPO $93.50 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial $94.88 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $94.88 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $94.88 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $100.05 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $109.14 ↑ +5%
Curative Commercial $112.12 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $112.12 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $120.75 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $120.75 ↑ +17%
Mark Cuban Commercial $123.14 ↑ +19%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $129.38 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $265.27 ↑ +156%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $268.86 ↑ +160%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $307.35 ↑ +197%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $323.77 ↑ +213%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $488.44 $46.18 – $197.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $900.00 $10.00 – $129.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $111.78 $12.00 – $167.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $900.00 $10.00 – $129.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $111.78 $12.00 – $167.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $111.78 $8.00 – $167.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $103.50 $12.00 – $155.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $900.00 $10.00 – $129.38

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