C-reactive protein 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

$68.38

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.

$113.97

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.

$4.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $64.75 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 $4.35 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Commercial $8.00 ↓ -88%
Mark Cuban Commercial $12.43 ↓ -82%
MidCoast Commercial $39.57 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $40.29 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $40.29 ↓ -41%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $43.16 ↓ -37%
Cigna Local Plus/Market Solutions $46.04 ↓ -33%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $46.76 ↓ -32%
Curative Commercial $46.76 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $48.92 ↓ -28%
Humana Commercial PPO $50.36 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Accel Network $50.36 ↓ -26%
First Health PPO $50.36 ↓ -26%
Imagine Health Commercial $51.80 ↓ -24%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $53.95 ↓ -21%
Cigna HMO/PPO $53.95 ↓ -21%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $53.95 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $53.95 ↓ -21%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $64.75 ↓ -5%

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C-reactive protein at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $68.38 $4.35 – $64.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $176.12 $4.66 – $19.94
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $101.59 $4.35 – $56.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $68.38 $7.60 – $64.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $58.01 $4.35 – $53.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $101.59 $4.35 – $56.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $68.38 $4.65 – $64.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $58.01 $4.35 – $64.75

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