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Rapid Strep Test 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

$77.77

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.

$129.62

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 $104.30 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 ↓ -85%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $13.89 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $14.86 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.70 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $16.53 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $16.53 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $16.53 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $17.36 ↓ -78%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $17.36 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $17.36 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.36 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.51 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $19.84 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $20.75 ↓ -73%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $27.27 ↓ -65%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $30.92 ↓ -60%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $36.38 ↓ -53%
Mark Cuban Commercial $39.67 ↓ -49%
Cigna Local Plus $60.14 ↓ -23%
Cigna HMO/PPO $70.25 ↓ -10%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $71.29 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $71.29 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $71.29 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $75.18 ↓ -3%
Curative Commercial $84.25 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $84.25 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $85.46 ↑ +10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $86.62 ↑ +11%
Humana Commercial PPO $90.73 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $90.73 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $97.22 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $99.01 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $104.30 ↑ +34%

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Rapid Strep Test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $259.93 $10.00 – $324.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $77.77 $12.00 – $116.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $259.93 $10.00 – $324.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $77.77 $12.00 – $116.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $77.77 $8.00 – $116.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $259.93 $10.00 – $324.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $259.93 $10.00 – $324.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $77.77 $13.89 – $97.22

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