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Iron stain peripheral blood 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

$78.70

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.

$131.17

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.

$5.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $98.38 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 $5.78 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $6.18 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6.54 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $6.88 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare $6.88 ↓ -91%
TriWest Community Care Network $6.88 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $7.22 ↓ -91%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $7.22 ↓ -91%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.22 ↓ -91%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $7.22 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.71 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $8.26 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $8.63 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $11.35 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $12.73 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $14.98 ↓ -81%
Mark Cuban Commercial $16.51 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $35.57 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $36.05 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $41.21 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $43.41 ↓ -45%
Cigna Local Plus $60.86 ↓ -23%
Cigna HMO/PPO $71.09 ↓ -10%
MidCoast Commercial $72.14 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $72.14 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $72.14 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $76.08 ↓ -3%
Humana Commercial HMO $85.26 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $85.26 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $91.82 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $91.82 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $98.38 ↑ +25%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $81.06 $10.08 – $121.59
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $81.06 $5.78 – $101.33
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $78.70 $5.78 – $118.05
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