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Lymphocyte culture mixed 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

$579.32

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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.

$965.54

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 $724.15 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
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $30.71 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $32.86 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $34.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $36.56 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $36.56 ↓ -94%
TriWest Community Care Network $36.56 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $38.39 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $38.39 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $38.39 ↓ -93%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $38.39 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $40.95 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $43.87 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $45.88 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $60.32 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $67.30 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $79.18 ↓ -86%
Mark Cuban Commercial $87.74 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $189.02 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $191.57 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $218.99 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $230.69 ↓ -60%
Cigna Local Plus $448.01 ↓ -23%
Cigna HMO/PPO $523.32 ↓ -10%
MidCoast Commercial $531.05 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $531.05 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $531.05 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $560.01 ↓ -3%
Humana Commercial HMO $627.60 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $627.60 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $675.88 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $675.88 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $724.15 ↑ +25%

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Lymphocyte culture mixed at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $625.67 $12.00 – $938.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $625.67 $12.00 – $938.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $625.67 $8.00 – $938.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $579.32 $12.00 – $868.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $625.67 $30.71 – $782.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $625.67 $12.00 – $938.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $579.32 $12.00 – $868.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $579.32 $12.00 – $772.43

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