Ear and throat examination 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

$774.02

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.

$1,290.03

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.

$113.00 with Humana vs $1,363.00 with Mark Cuban — 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
Humana Commercial HMO $113.00 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $245.11 ↓ -68%
TriWest Community Care Network $258.01 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $258.01 ↓ -67%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $270.26 ↓ -65%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $270.26 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $270.91 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $270.91 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $270.91 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $284.45 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $311.93 ↓ -60%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $320.44 ↓ -59%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $320.44 ↓ -59%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $320.44 ↓ -59%
MidCoast Commercial $709.52 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $709.52 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $709.52 ↓ -8%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $774.02 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $838.52 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $903.02 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $903.02 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $903.02 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $967.52 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $967.52 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $1,032.02 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $1,032.02 ↑ +33%
Mark Cuban Commercial $1,363.00 ↑ +76%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Ear and throat examination at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $850.88 $123.00 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $774.02 $113.00 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $850.88 $113.00 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $850.88 $439.62 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $774.02 $113.00 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $850.88 $113.00 – $1,363.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $850.88 $113.00 – $1,363.00
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