Blood smear interpretation at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR
305 Mallard Lane, Taylor, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1962497800
$248.70
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$414.50
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$12.00 with United Healthcare vs $159.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| United Healthcare | Commercial | $12.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $22.60 | ↓ -91% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $23.79 | ↓ -90% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $23.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $24.92 | ↓ -90% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $24.92 | ↓ -90% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $24.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $24.98 | ↓ -90% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $24.98 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO | $26.23 | ↓ -89% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $28.55 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $28.76 | ↓ -88% |
| Injury Management Organization | Med Select Network | $29.54 | ↓ -88% |
| CareWorks fka Rockport | Worker's Compensation | $29.54 | ↓ -88% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $29.54 | ↓ -88% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $29.85 | ↓ -88% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $42.82 | ↓ -83% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $43.27 | ↓ -83% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $50.91 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $59.71 | ↓ -76% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $65.42 | ↓ -74% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $65.42 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $65.42 | ↓ -74% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $68.99 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $70.17 | ↓ -72% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $71.36 | ↓ -71% |
| Curative | Commercial | $77.31 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $77.31 | ↓ -69% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $83.26 | ↓ -67% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $83.26 | ↓ -67% |
| First Health | PPO | $83.26 | ↓ -67% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $89.20 | ↓ -64% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $89.20 | ↓ -64% |
| Three Rivers | Three Rivers Provider Network | $95.15 | ↓ -62% |
| BlueBell Creameries | Self Insured | $95.15 | ↓ -62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $130.44 | ↓ -48% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $132.21 | ↓ -47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $151.13 | ↓ -39% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $159.20 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana Military | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
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Blood smear interpretation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $69.08 | $97.14 – $97.14 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $248.70 | $10.00 – $89.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $248.70 | $12.00 – $116.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $248.70 | $12.00 – $130.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $248.70 | $10.00 – $91.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $248.70 | $12.00 – $159.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $248.70 | $8.00 – $116.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $248.70 | $12.00 – $130.44 |