Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE

2360 N Interstate Highway 35 E, Waxahachie, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1609855139

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 29, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$166.15

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.

$276.92

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.

$22.15 with Superior Health Plan vs $255.27 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $22.15 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $23.70 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Nexus $35.00 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Charter $35.00 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $39.00 ↓ -77%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $49.73 ↓ -70%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $50.78 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare $52.35 ↓ -68%
TriWest Community Care Network $52.35 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $52.35 ↓ -68%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $54.97 ↓ -67%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $54.97 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $54.97 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $54.97 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $54.97 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $58.63 ↓ -65%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $62.82 ↓ -62%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $65.70 ↓ -60%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $66.01 ↓ -60%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $78.26 ↓ -53%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $86.38 ↓ -48%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $112.55 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $120.71 ↓ -27%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $130.15 ↓ -22%
Mark Cuban Commercial $134.24 ↓ -19%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $136.52 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $136.52 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $152.31 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $152.31 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $152.31 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $160.61 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $160.61 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $160.61 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $160.61 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $171.17 ↑ +3%
Curative Commercial $180.00 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $193.84 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $193.84 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $193.84 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $207.69 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $207.69 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $229.54 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $242.40 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $255.27 ↑ +54%

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie $166.15 $35.00 – $207.69
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $166.15 $35.00 – $207.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $176.36 $36.00 – $264.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $171.22 $34.24 – $214.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $166.15 $35.00 – $207.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $176.36 $36.00 – $264.55
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