Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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

$605.63

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,009.39

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$66.60 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $757.04 with Private Health Care System — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $66.60 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $67.39 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $77.10 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $81.06 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $121.13 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $129.61 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $367.22 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $432.02 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $468.36 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Commercial $497.63 ↓ -18%
Cigna HMO/PPO $547.09 ↓ -10%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $555.16 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $555.16 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $555.16 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $585.45 ↓ -3%
Curative Commercial $656.10 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $656.10 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $706.57 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $706.57 ↑ +17%
TriWest Community Care Network $757.04 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $757.04 ↑ +25%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,631.77 $76.31 – $76.31
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $631.95 $39.64 – $895.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $621.95 $66.60 – $932.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $631.95 $45.39 – $895.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $621.95 $81.06 – $932.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $621.95 $321.34 – $932.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $605.63 $66.60 – $908.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $631.95 $39.64 – $895.26

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →