Loudness balance test 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

$169.90

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.

$283.17

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.

$53.80 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $777.56 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $53.80 ↓ -68%
TriWest Community Care Network $56.63 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $56.63 ↓ -67%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $59.32 ↓ -65%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $59.32 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $59.47 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $59.47 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $59.47 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $62.44 ↓ -63%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $67.96 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $68.47 ↓ -60%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $70.34 ↓ -59%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $70.34 ↓ -59%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $70.34 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $71.08 ↓ -58%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $101.94 ↓ -40%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $103.02 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $121.20 ↓ -29%
Cigna Local Plus $142.15 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $155.74 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $155.74 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $155.74 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $164.24 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $167.07 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $169.90 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $184.06 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $184.06 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $195.67 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel Network $198.22 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $198.22 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $198.22 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $212.38 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $212.38 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $226.54 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $226.54 ↑ +33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $417.82 ↑ +146%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $423.35 ↑ +149%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $484.23 ↑ +185%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $510.51 ↑ +200%
Mark Cuban Commercial $777.56 ↑ +358%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Loudness balance test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $183.49 $37.77 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $169.90 $33.98 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $183.49 $58.90 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $183.49 $94.80 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $169.90 $56.63 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $183.49 $36.70 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $183.49 $45.87 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $169.90 $31.15 – $777.56

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