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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR

305 Mallard Lane, Taylor, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1962497800

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 12, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$537.43

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

$895.71

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.

$141.23 with United Healthcare vs $716.57 with Three Rivers — 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 Medicaid/CHIP $141.23 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $170.18 ↓ -68%
TriWest Community Care Network $179.14 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $179.14 ↓ -67%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $187.65 ↓ -65%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $187.65 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $188.10 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $188.10 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $188.10 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $197.50 ↓ -63%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $214.97 ↓ -60%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $222.49 ↓ -59%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $222.49 ↓ -59%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $222.49 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $224.82 ↓ -58%
Mark Cuban Commercial $272.35 ↓ -49%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $322.46 ↓ -40%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $325.86 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $376.59 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $381.07 ↓ -29%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $383.36 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $435.99 ↓ -19%
Cigna Local Plus $449.65 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $458.41 ↓ -15%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $492.64 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $492.64 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $492.64 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $519.51 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $528.47 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $537.43 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $582.21 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $582.21 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $618.94 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $627.00 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $627.00 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $627.00 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $671.78 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $671.78 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $716.57 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $716.57 ↑ +33%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $714.97 $141.23 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $714.97 $99.77 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $862.90 $99.94 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $714.97 $99.77 – $893.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62

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