Assay of urine sulfate 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

$44.62

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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.

$74.37

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.

$8.05 with United Healthcare vs $59.50 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 $8.05 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $9.10 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $10.70 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -73%
Mark Cuban Commercial $13.18 ↓ -70%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.13 ↓ -68%
TriWest Community Care Network $14.87 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $14.87 ↓ -67%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $15.58 ↓ -65%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $15.58 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $15.62 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $15.62 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $15.62 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $16.40 ↓ -63%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $17.85 ↓ -60%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $18.47 ↓ -59%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $18.47 ↓ -59%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $18.47 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $18.67 ↓ -58%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $26.77 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $28.38 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $28.77 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $32.89 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $34.64 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $37.33 ↓ -16%
MidCoast Commercial $40.90 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $40.90 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $40.90 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $43.13 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $43.88 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $44.62 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $48.34 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $48.34 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $52.06 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $52.06 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $52.06 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $55.78 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $55.78 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $59.50 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $59.50 ↑ +33%

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Assay of urine sulfate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $40.73 $4.61 – $50.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $45.67 $8.05 – $68.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $44.62 $4.61 – $55.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $40.73 $4.61 – $50.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $45.67 $4.93 – $68.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $45.67 $4.61 – $68.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $44.62 $4.61 – $66.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $40.73 $4.61 – $50.91

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