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Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Repair) at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA
5330 Overpass Road, Suite 110, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1144781501
$4,304.96
Cash price 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.
$7,174.93
Gross charge 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.
$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $8,018.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $71.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $75.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $81.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $85.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $1,088.27 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $1,164.45 | ↓ -73% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $2,610.24 | ↓ -39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $3,070.87 | ↓ -29% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,122.56 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Medicare | $3,286.91 | ↓ -24% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $3,286.91 | ↓ -24% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO | $3,286.91 | ↓ -24% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $3,451.26 | ↓ -20% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $3,451.26 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $3,451.26 | ↓ -20% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $3,451.26 | ↓ -20% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $3,537.24 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $3,681.34 | ↓ -14% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $3,944.29 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $3,946.21 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $3,946.21 | ↓ -8% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $3,946.21 | ↓ -8% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $4,125.07 | ↓ -4% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $4,161.46 | ↓ -3% |
| Curative | Commercial | $4,663.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $5,022.45 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $5,022.45 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $5,132.00 | ↑ +19% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $5,381.20 | ↑ +25% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $5,423.40 | ↑ +26% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $6,038.00 | ↑ +40% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $7,441.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $8,018.48 | ↑ +86% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Knee Arthroscopy (Cartilage Repair) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,712.46 | $71.00 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,712.46 | $85.00 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,712.46 | $1,088.27 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $4,712.46 | $71.00 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $4,304.96 | $71.00 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $4,304.96 | $71.00 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR | Taylor | $4,304.96 | $71.00 – $8,018.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $4,712.46 | $71.00 – $8,018.48 |