Chromosome banding study 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

$293.03

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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.

$488.39

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.

$36.00 with United Healthcare vs $432.87 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.

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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 $36.00 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $92.79 ↓ -68%
TriWest Community Care Network $97.68 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $97.68 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $100.56 ↓ -66%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $102.32 ↓ -65%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $102.32 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $102.56 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $102.56 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $102.56 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $107.69 ↓ -63%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $117.21 ↓ -60%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $121.32 ↓ -59%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $121.32 ↓ -59%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $121.32 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $122.59 ↓ -58%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $125.51 ↓ -57%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $147.66 ↓ -50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $164.64 ↓ -44%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $175.82 ↓ -40%
Cigna Local Plus $245.17 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $268.61 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $268.61 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $268.61 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $283.27 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $288.15 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $293.03 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $317.45 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $317.45 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $341.87 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $341.87 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $341.87 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $354.66 ↑ +21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $359.46 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $366.29 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $366.29 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $390.71 ↑ +33%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $390.71 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $410.91 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $432.87 ↑ +48%

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Chromosome banding study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $272.21 $35.00 – $340.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $293.03 $36.00 – $439.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $293.03 $36.00 – $366.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $272.21 $35.00 – $340.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $293.03 $36.00 – $439.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $293.03 $26.00 – $439.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $293.03 $36.00 – $439.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $272.21 $35.00 – $340.26

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