Drainage external ear complex 69005 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

$3,631.06

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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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$6,051.77

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.

$113.23 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,446.59 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
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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 $113.23 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,025.89 ↓ -17%
MidCoast Commercial $3,328.47 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $3,388.99 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $3,388.99 ↓ -7%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $3,631.06 ↑ +0%
Cigna Local Plus/Market Solutions $3,873.13 ↑ +7%
Curative Commercial $3,933.65 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $3,933.65 ↑ +8%
Mark Cuban Commercial $4,016.35 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $4,115.20 ↑ +13%
HealthSmart Accel Network $4,236.24 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $4,236.24 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $4,236.24 ↑ +17%
Imagine Health Commercial $4,357.27 ↑ +20%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $4,538.83 ↑ +25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $4,538.83 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $4,538.83 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial $4,538.83 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $5,446.59 ↑ +50%

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Drainage external ear complex 69005 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $3,631.06 $71.00 – $5,446.59
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $8,856.88 $167.36 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,541.97 $113.23 – $4,427.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,631.06 $71.00 – $5,446.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,996.52 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,541.97 $113.23 – $4,427.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,631.06 $85.00 – $5,446.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,996.52 $71.00 – $4,494.78

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