Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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

$63.43

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.

$105.71

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.

$4.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $95.14 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
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $4.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $4.28 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $4.52 ↓ -93%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $4.62 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare $4.76 ↓ -92%
TriWest Community Care Network $4.76 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $4.76 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $5.00 ↓ -92%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5.00 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $5.00 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.33 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $5.71 ↓ -91%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $5.97 ↓ -91%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $6.00 ↓ -91%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $7.12 ↓ -89%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $7.12 ↓ -89%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $7.12 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $7.85 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $9.10 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $10.70 ↓ -83%
Mark Cuban Commercial $11.42 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.00 ↓ -81%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $24.61 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $24.94 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $28.51 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $30.04 ↓ -53%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $37.00 ↓ -42%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $49.68 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $53.07 ↓ -16%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $58.14 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $58.14 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $58.14 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $58.14 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $61.31 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $61.31 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $62.37 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $63.43 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $68.71 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $68.71 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $74.00 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $74.00 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $74.00 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $79.28 ↑ +25%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $79.28 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $79.28 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $95.14 ↑ +50%

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Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $63.43 $4.00 – $95.14
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $110.74 $4.28 – $18.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $59.87 $4.00 – $74.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $63.43 $6.98 – $95.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $59.87 $4.00 – $74.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $59.87 $4.00 – $74.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $63.43 $4.28 – $95.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $59.87 $4.00 – $89.81

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