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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) 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

$4,337.71

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$7,229.51

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.

$422.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,506.56 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 $422.34 ↓ -90%
Mark Cuban Commercial $3,517.62 ↓ -19%
MidCoast Commercial $3,976.23 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $4,048.53 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $4,048.53 ↓ -7%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $4,337.71 ↑ +0%
Cigna Local Plus/Market Solutions $4,626.89 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $4,699.18 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $4,699.18 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $4,916.07 ↑ +13%
First Health PPO $5,060.66 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $5,060.66 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $5,060.66 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,060.66 ↑ +17%
Imagine Health Commercial $5,205.25 ↑ +20%
Aetna Commercial $5,422.13 ↑ +25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $5,422.13 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $5,422.13 ↑ +25%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $5,422.13 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $6,506.56 ↑ +50%

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Nuclear Stress Test (Heart) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $4,337.71 $422.34 – $6,506.56
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,337.71 $892.84 – $6,506.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,337.71 $422.34 – $5,422.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,337.71 $451.90 – $6,506.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $4,393.64 $422.34 – $5,492.05

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