Lvad shower bag heartmate 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

$1,455.60

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.

$2,426.00

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.

$145.53 with Superior Health Plan vs $970.20 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 $145.53 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $155.72 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $400.21 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $546.34 ↓ -62%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $642.76 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial $667.01 ↓ -54%
MidCoast Commercial $667.01 ↓ -54%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $667.01 ↓ -54%
Cigna Local Plus $703.39 ↓ -52%
Curative Commercial $788.29 ↓ -46%
Humana Commercial HMO $788.29 ↓ -46%
Cigna HMO/PPO $824.67 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Commercial $838.01 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $848.92 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $848.92 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $848.92 ↓ -42%
First Health PPO $848.92 ↓ -42%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $848.92 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial PPO $909.56 ↓ -38%
TriWest Community Care Network $909.56 ↓ -38%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $970.20 ↓ -33%

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Lvad shower bag heartmate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $837.59 $90.95 – $596.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,455.60 $149.77 – $1,091.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $837.59 $85.60 – $596.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,455.60 $233.58 – $1,091.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,455.60 $375.95 – $1,091.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,455.60 $242.55 – $1,091.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $837.59 $85.60 – $596.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $837.59 $80.25 – $596.45

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