Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$252.87

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.

$421.45

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 $177.79 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 Commercial $12.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $24.58 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $30.92 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $36.38 ↓ -86%
Mark Cuban Commercial $40.25 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $42.23 ↓ -83%
TriWest Community Care Network $44.45 ↓ -82%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $44.45 ↓ -82%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $46.56 ↓ -82%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $46.56 ↓ -82%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $46.67 ↓ -82%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $46.67 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $46.67 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $49.00 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $53.34 ↓ -79%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $55.20 ↓ -78%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $55.20 ↓ -78%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $55.20 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $55.78 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $80.01 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $86.70 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $87.87 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $100.45 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $105.82 ↓ -58%
Cigna Local Plus $111.56 ↓ -56%
MidCoast Commercial $122.23 ↓ -52%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $122.23 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial $122.23 ↓ -52%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $128.90 ↓ -49%
Cigna HMO/PPO $131.12 ↓ -48%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $133.34 ↓ -47%
Curative Commercial $144.46 ↓ -43%
Humana Commercial HMO $144.46 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Accel Network $155.57 ↓ -38%
Humana Commercial PPO $155.57 ↓ -38%
First Health PPO $155.57 ↓ -38%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $166.68 ↓ -34%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $166.68 ↓ -34%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $177.79 ↓ -30%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $177.79 ↓ -30%

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