X-ray exam of tear duct 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

$864.68

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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.

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$1,441.13

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.

$57.58 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,297.02 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
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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 $57.58 ↓ -93%
Mark Cuban Commercial $607.02 ↓ -30%
MidCoast Commercial $792.62 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $807.03 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $807.03 ↓ -7%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $864.68 ↑ +0%
Cigna Local Plus/Market Solutions $922.32 ↑ +7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $936.73 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $936.73 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $979.97 ↑ +13%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,008.79 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $1,008.79 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,008.79 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $1,008.79 ↑ +17%
Imagine Health Commercial $1,037.61 ↑ +20%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $1,080.85 ↑ +25%
Aetna Commercial $1,080.85 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $1,080.85 ↑ +25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $1,080.85 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $1,297.02 ↑ +50%

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X-ray exam of tear duct at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $864.68 $57.58 – $1,297.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $864.68 $177.98 – $1,297.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $907.91 $57.58 – $1,134.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $864.68 $61.61 – $1,297.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $907.91 $57.58 – $1,361.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $864.68 $57.58 – $1,080.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $907.91 $57.58 – $1,361.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $907.91 $287.50 – $1,210.54

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