Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE

2400 North I-35 E, Waxahachie, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1265430177

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

$252.87

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.

$421.45

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.

$10.00 with United Healthcare vs $180.56 with Private Health Care System — 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
United Healthcare Charter $10.00 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Nexus $10.00 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $11.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $14.09 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $15.08 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.93 ↓ -94%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $16.27 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $16.77 ↓ -93%
TriWest Community Care Network $16.77 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.77 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $17.61 ↓ -93%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $17.61 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.78 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $20.12 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $21.05 ↓ -92%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $21.15 ↓ -92%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $25.07 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $26.01 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $27.67 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $30.60 ↓ -88%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $36.06 ↓ -86%
Mark Cuban Commercial $40.25 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $40.92 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $58.02 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $77.81 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $82.17 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $86.53 ↓ -66%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $113.15 ↓ -55%
Cigna Local Plus $118.69 ↓ -53%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $132.41 ↓ -48%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $132.41 ↓ -48%
Aetna Commercial $132.41 ↓ -48%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $139.63 ↓ -45%
Imagine Health Commercial $139.63 ↓ -45%
Cigna HMO/PPO $139.63 ↓ -45%
Curative Commercial $156.49 ↓ -38%
HealthSmart Accel Network $168.53 ↓ -33%
Humana Commercial PPO $168.53 ↓ -33%
First Health PPO $168.53 ↓ -33%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $180.56 ↓ -29%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $180.56 ↓ -29%

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie $252.87 $10.00 – $180.56
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $252.87 $12.00 – $166.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $252.87 $10.00 – $180.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $252.87 $12.00 – $196.45
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