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ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$312.33

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.

$520.55

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.

$161.37 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Mark Cuban — 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 $161.37 ↓ -48%
MidCoast Commercial $286.30 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $291.51 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $291.51 ↓ -7%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $312.33 ↑ +0%
Cigna Local Plus/Market Solutions $333.15 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $338.36 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $338.36 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $353.97 ↑ +13%
First Health PPO $364.38 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $364.38 ↑ +17%
Imagine Health Commercial $374.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial $390.41 ↑ +25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $390.41 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Accel Network $390.41 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $390.41 ↑ +25%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $390.41 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $468.50 ↑ +50%
Mark Cuban Commercial $600.00 ↑ +92%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $312.33 $78.08 – $859.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $286.94 $80.47 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $312.33 $64.29 – $859.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $333.31 $66.66 – $859.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $286.94 $76.52 – $859.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $312.33 $80.47 – $859.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $286.94 $76.52 – $600.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $286.94 $71.73 – $600.00

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