Tissue culture tumor 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

$633.69

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.

$1,056.15

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.

$36.00 with United Healthcare vs $930.85 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 $36.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $123.92 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $132.59 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $140.14 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $147.52 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare $147.52 ↓ -77%
TriWest Community Care Network $147.52 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $154.90 ↓ -76%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $154.90 ↓ -76%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $154.90 ↓ -76%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $154.90 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $165.22 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $177.02 ↓ -72%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $185.14 ↓ -71%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $243.41 ↓ -62%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $269.21 ↓ -58%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $316.72 ↓ -50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $354.05 ↓ -44%
Cigna Local Plus $490.05 ↓ -23%
Cigna HMO/PPO $572.43 ↓ -10%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $580.88 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $580.88 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $580.88 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $612.57 ↓ -3%
Curative Commercial $686.50 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $686.50 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $739.30 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $739.30 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $762.68 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $773.00 ↑ +22%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $792.11 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $883.64 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $930.85 ↑ +47%

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Tissue culture tumor at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $772.11 $35.00 – $965.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $652.70 $36.00 – $979.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $772.11 $35.00 – $965.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $652.70 $36.00 – $979.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $652.70 $26.00 – $979.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $633.69 $36.00 – $950.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $772.11 $35.00 – $965.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $772.11 $35.00 – $965.14

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