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Ankle X-ray 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

$325.59

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.

$542.65

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.

$36.75 with Superior Health Plan vs $488.38 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 $36.75 ↓ -89%
Mark Cuban Commercial $225.11 ↓ -31%
MidCoast Commercial $298.46 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $303.88 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $303.88 ↓ -7%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $325.59 ↑ +0%
Cigna Local Plus/Market Solutions $347.30 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $352.72 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $352.72 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $369.00 ↑ +13%
First Health PPO $379.86 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $379.86 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $379.86 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $379.86 ↑ +17%
Imagine Health Commercial $390.71 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial $406.99 ↑ +25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $406.99 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $406.99 ↑ +25%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $406.99 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $488.38 ↑ +50%

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Ankle X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $325.59 $36.75 – $488.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $325.59 $67.02 – $488.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $356.32 $36.75 – $445.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $325.59 $39.32 – $488.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31

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