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Thyroid Ultrasound 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

$630.55

Cash price

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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.

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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$1,050.92

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.

$99.77 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $945.83 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $99.77 ↓ -84%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $101.87 ↓ -84%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $104.75 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $105.02 ↓ -83%
TriWest Community Care Network $105.02 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO $105.02 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -83%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -83%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $112.08 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $117.62 ↓ -81%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $126.02 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $131.80 ↓ -79%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $132.43 ↓ -79%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $157.00 ↓ -75%
CareWorks fka Rockport Worker's Compensation $157.00 ↓ -75%
Injury Management Organization Med Select Network $157.00 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $173.28 ↓ -73%
Mark Cuban Commercial $272.35 ↓ -57%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $367.82 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $376.59 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $381.07 ↓ -40%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $382.32 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $435.99 ↓ -31%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $449.79 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $458.41 ↓ -27%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $493.93 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $527.56 ↓ -16%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $578.01 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $578.01 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $578.01 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $578.01 ↓ -8%
MidCoast Commercial $578.01 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $609.53 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $620.04 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $630.55 ↑ +0%
Curative Commercial $683.10 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial HMO $683.10 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial $726.19 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $735.64 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $735.64 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $735.64 ↑ +17%
BlueBell Creameries Self Insured $788.19 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $788.19 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $788.19 ↑ +25%
Three Rivers Three Rivers Provider Network $945.83 ↑ +50%
Humana Military TRICARE not published by hospital

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Thyroid Ultrasound at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $630.55 $104.75 – $945.83
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $630.55 $99.77 – $788.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $630.55 $129.79 – $945.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $644.89 $99.77 – $806.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $630.55 $99.77 – $788.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $630.55 $99.77 – $945.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $630.55 $99.77 – $788.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $630.55 $99.94 – $788.19

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