Dch validity tests 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

$24.61

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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.

$41.01

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.

$5.10 with United Healthcare vs $32.81 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 $5.10 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $5.46 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $6.42 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $7.79 ↓ -68%
TriWest Community Care Network $8.20 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $8.20 ↓ -67%
Mark Cuban Commercial $8.35 ↓ -66%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $8.59 ↓ -65%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $8.59 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $8.61 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $8.61 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $8.61 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $9.04 ↓ -63%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $9.84 ↓ -60%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $10.19 ↓ -59%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $10.19 ↓ -59%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $10.19 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $10.29 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -51%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $14.76 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $17.99 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $18.24 ↓ -26%
Cigna Local Plus $20.59 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $20.85 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $21.96 ↓ -11%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $22.56 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $22.56 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $22.56 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $23.79 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $24.20 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $24.61 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $26.66 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $26.66 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $28.71 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $28.71 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $28.71 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $30.76 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $30.76 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $32.81 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $32.81 ↑ +33%

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Dch validity tests at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $35.80 $2.92 – $44.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $19.38 $3.99 – $29.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $24.61 $2.92 – $30.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $35.80 $2.92 – $44.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $19.38 $3.12 – $29.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $19.38 $2.92 – $29.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $24.61 $2.92 – $36.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $35.80 $2.92 – $44.75

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