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Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery 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

$5,480.09

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$9,133.48

Gross charge

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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.

$659.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,611.24 with Three Rivers — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $659.94 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,228.47 ↓ -23%
MidCoast Commercial $4,651.31 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $4,735.88 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $4,735.88 ↓ -14%
Mark Cuban Commercial $4,783.04 ↓ -13%
HealthSmart Accel Network $5,020.00 ↓ -8%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $5,074.16 ↓ -7%
Cigna Local Plus/Market Solutions $5,412.44 ↓ -1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $5,497.00 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $5,497.00 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $5,750.71 ↑ +5%
First Health PPO $5,919.85 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $5,919.85 ↑ +8%
Imagine Health Commercial $6,088.99 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial $6,342.70 ↑ +16%
Cigna HMO/PPO $6,342.70 ↑ +16%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $6,342.70 ↑ +16%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $6,342.70 ↑ +16%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $7,611.24 ↑ +39%

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Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $5,480.09 $71.00 – $7,611.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,480.09 $71.00 – $7,611.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,899.19 $71.00 – $4,873.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5,480.09 $85.00 – $7,611.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $5,480.09 $71.00 – $6,342.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $3,899.19 $71.00 – $5,848.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,899.19 $71.00 – $5,848.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $3,899.19 $71.00 – $5,198.92

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