Lumbar diskogram s&i 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

$2,358.23

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.

$3,930.39

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.

$111.60 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,255.66 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 $111.60 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $119.41 ↓ -95%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $1,847.28 ↓ -22%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,863.54 ↓ -21%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $1,902.77 ↓ -19%
Cigna Local Plus $1,937.68 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,937.68 ↓ -18%
TriWest Community Care Network $1,961.62 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare $1,961.62 ↓ -17%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,961.62 ↓ -17%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $2,059.70 ↓ -13%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,059.70 ↓ -13%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $2,059.70 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2,059.70 ↓ -13%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $2,059.70 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $2,161.71 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $2,161.71 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $2,161.71 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $2,161.71 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,197.01 ↓ -7%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $2,279.63 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $2,279.63 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,279.63 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $2,353.94 ↓ -0%
United Healthcare Charter $2,444.31 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,444.31 ↑ +4%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $2,461.83 ↑ +4%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $2,473.60 ↑ +5%
Curative Commercial $2,554.75 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $2,715.90 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel Network $2,751.27 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $2,751.27 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $2,751.27 ↑ +17%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $2,932.62 ↑ +24%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $2,947.79 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $2,947.79 ↑ +25%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $3,236.67 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $3,438.70 ↑ +46%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $4,217.48 ↑ +79%
Mark Cuban Commercial $4,783.04 ↑ +103%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $4,865.76 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $6,533.53 ↑ +177%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $6,894.59 ↑ +192%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $7,255.66 ↑ +208%

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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie $2,358.23 $111.60 – $4,783.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,358.23 $111.60 – $4,783.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,350.69 $1,101.35 – $8,026.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,618.23 $111.60 – $7,022.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,358.23 $111.60 – $4,783.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5,350.69 $119.41 – $8,026.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $5,350.69 $111.60 – $8,026.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,618.23 $111.60 – $8,427.34

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