Tissue culture skin/biopsy at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE
2360 N Interstate Highway 35 E, Waxahachie, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1609855139
$687.36
Cash price 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.
$1,145.60
Gross charge 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.
$35.00 with United Healthcare vs $859.20 with HealthSmart — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $35.00 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $35.00 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $39.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $118.21 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $126.48 | ↓ -82% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $133.69 | ↓ -81% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $136.51 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | Medicare | $140.73 | ↓ -80% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $140.73 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $140.73 | ↓ -80% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $147.77 | ↓ -79% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $147.77 | ↓ -79% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $147.77 | ↓ -79% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare | $147.77 | ↓ -79% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $147.77 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $157.62 | ↓ -77% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $168.88 | ↓ -75% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $176.62 | ↓ -74% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $177.46 | ↓ -74% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $210.39 | ↓ -69% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $215.73 | ↓ -69% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $232.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $253.80 | ↓ -63% |
| Superior Ambetter | Ambetter Exchange | $302.57 | ↓ -56% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $337.75 | ↓ -51% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $343.38 | ↓ -50% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $486.93 | ↓ -29% |
| Employers Health Network | BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental | $538.43 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $564.78 | ↓ -18% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $630.08 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $630.08 | ↓ -8% |
| Employers Health Network | EHN Network | $630.08 | ↓ -8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | City of Dallas | $652.99 | ↓ -5% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $664.45 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $664.45 | ↓ -3% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $664.45 | ↓ -3% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $689.58 | ↑ +0% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $726.17 | ↑ +6% |
| Curative | Commercial | $744.64 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $801.92 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $801.92 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $801.92 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $859.20 | ↑ +25% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $859.20 | ↑ +25% |
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Tissue culture skin/biopsy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE | Waxahachie | $687.36 | $35.00 – $859.20 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $687.36 | $35.00 – $859.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $645.58 | $36.00 – $968.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $626.77 | $36.00 – $783.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $687.36 | $35.00 – $859.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $645.58 | $36.00 – $968.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $645.58 | $26.00 – $968.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $626.77 | $36.00 – $940.16 |