Pretreat rbc density gradient separation reference 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

$47.73

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$79.55

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.

$5.89 with Superior Health Plan vs $740.46 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 $5.89 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $6.31 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Charter $10.00 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Nexus $10.00 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $11.00 ↓ -77%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $34.62 ↓ -27%
Cigna Local Plus $36.31 ↓ -24%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $36.31 ↓ -24%
Aetna Commercial $40.51 ↓ -15%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $40.51 ↓ -15%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $40.51 ↓ -15%
Cigna HMO/PPO $42.72 ↓ -10%
Imagine Health Commercial $42.72 ↓ -10%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $42.72 ↓ -10%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $42.72 ↓ -10%
Curative Commercial $47.88 ↑ +0%
HealthSmart Accel Network $51.56 ↑ +8%
First Health PPO $51.56 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $51.56 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $55.24 ↑ +16%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $55.24 ↑ +16%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $162.59 ↑ +241%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $166.02 ↑ +248%
TriWest Community Care Network $171.15 ↑ +259%
Humana Medicare $171.15 ↑ +259%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $171.15 ↑ +259%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $179.71 ↑ +277%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $179.71 ↑ +277%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $179.71 ↑ +277%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $179.71 ↑ +277%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $179.71 ↑ +277%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $191.69 ↑ +302%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $205.38 ↑ +330%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $214.79 ↑ +350%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $215.82 ↑ +352%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $255.87 ↑ +436%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $282.40 ↑ +492%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $350.14 ↑ +634%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $367.97 ↑ +671%
Mark Cuban Commercial $423.12 ↑ +786%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $496.51 ↑ +940%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $665.84 ↑ +1295%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $703.15 ↑ +1373%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $740.46 ↑ +1451%

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Pretreat rbc density gradient separation reference at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie $47.73 $10.00 – $423.12
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $196.70 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $196.70 $8.00 – $423.12
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