Handle/convey/speciman/office-lab 99000 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

$35.06

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.

$58.44

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.

$8.00 with United Healthcare vs $43.56 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
United Healthcare Commercial $8.00 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $15.00 ↓ -57%
MidCoast Commercial $26.62 ↓ -24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $27.10 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $27.10 ↓ -23%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $29.04 ↓ -17%
Cigna Local Plus/Market Solutions $30.98 ↓ -12%
Curative Commercial $31.46 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $31.46 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $32.91 ↓ -6%
Humana Commercial PPO $33.88 ↓ -3%
First Health PPO $33.88 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $34.85 ↓ -1%
HealthSmart Accel Network $35.42 ↑ +1%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $36.30 ↑ +4%
Cigna HMO/PPO $36.30 ↑ +4%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $36.30 ↑ +4%
Aetna Commercial $36.30 ↑ +4%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $43.56 ↑ +24%

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Handle/convey/speciman/office-lab 99000 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $35.06 $7.26 – $63.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $30.36 $8.60 – $43.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $35.06 $5.98 – $43.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $30.36 $5.06 – $63.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $30.36 $8.10 – $43.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $35.06 $9.32 – $77.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $30.36 $8.43 – $63.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $30.36 $8.10 – $43.01

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