Decompress spine cord add-on at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

1901 SW HK Dodgen Loop, Temple, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1477516466

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 13, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$6,063.98

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.

$10,106.64

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.

$71.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $9,095.98 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $71.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $75.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $81.00 ↓ -99%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $85.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $1,516.00 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,622.12 ↓ -73%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $3,537.32 ↓ -42%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $3,676.80 ↓ -39%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $4,325.64 ↓ -29%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $4,750.12 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,982.57 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $5,073.53 ↓ -16%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $5,558.65 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $5,558.65 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $5,558.65 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $5,558.65 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $5,861.85 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $5,861.85 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $5,962.92 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $6,063.98 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $6,569.32 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $7,074.65 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $7,074.65 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $7,074.65 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial HMO $7,441.00 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $7,579.98 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $7,579.98 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $7,579.98 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $7,579.98 ↑ +25%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $8,590.64 ↑ +42%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $9,095.98 ↑ +50%

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