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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL

546 N. Kegley Rd., Temple, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1013085083

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 12, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$671.72

Cash price

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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.

$1,119.54

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.

$87.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,007.59 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
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $87.21 ↓ -87%
Mark Cuban Commercial $272.35 ↓ -59%
MidCoast Commercial $615.75 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $626.94 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $626.94 ↓ -7%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $671.72 ↑ +0%
Cigna Local Plus/Market Solutions $716.51 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $727.70 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $727.70 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $761.29 ↑ +13%
First Health PPO $783.68 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $783.68 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $783.68 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $783.68 ↑ +17%
Imagine Health Commercial $806.07 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial $839.65 ↑ +25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $839.65 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $839.65 ↑ +25%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $839.65 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $1,007.59 ↑ +50%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $671.72 $87.21 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $671.72 $138.26 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $604.43 $87.21 – $755.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $671.72 $93.31 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77

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