Sodium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$62.87

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.

$104.78

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.

$7.05 with United Healthcare vs $83.82 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 $7.05 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $9.10 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $10.70 ↓ -83%
Mark Cuban Commercial $11.54 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $19.91 ↓ -68%
TriWest Community Care Network $20.96 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $20.96 ↓ -67%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $21.95 ↓ -65%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $21.95 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $22.00 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $22.00 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $22.00 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $23.10 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $24.87 ↓ -60%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $25.15 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $25.20 ↓ -60%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $26.03 ↓ -59%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $26.03 ↓ -59%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $26.03 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $26.30 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $28.81 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $30.35 ↓ -52%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $37.72 ↓ -40%
Cigna Local Plus $52.60 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $57.63 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $57.63 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $57.63 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $60.77 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $61.82 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $62.87 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $68.11 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $68.11 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $73.35 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $73.35 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $73.35 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $78.58 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $78.58 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $83.82 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $83.82 ↑ +33%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $108.83 $4.33 – $18.52
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $62.12 $4.04 – $77.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.28 $7.05 – $87.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $62.87 $4.04 – $78.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $62.12 $4.04 – $77.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.28 $4.32 – $87.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $58.28 $4.04 – $87.43
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