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Cataract Surgery 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

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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.

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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.

$849.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,546.00 with Cigna — 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 $849.94
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $909.44
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,202.42
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $2,248.79
Humana Medicare $2,318.34
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,318.34
TriWest Community Care Network $2,318.34
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2,434.26
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $2,434.26
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $2,434.26
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $2,434.26
Superior Health Plan Medicare $2,434.26
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,596.54
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $2,782.01
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $2,909.52
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $2,923.43
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $3,416.94
Sedgwick Preferred Network $3,465.92
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $3,825.26
United Healthcare Charter $4,302.00
United Healthcare Nexus $4,302.00
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $4,780.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $4,832.25
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $4,984.43
Mark Cuban Commercial $5,772.91
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $6,490.17
HealthSmart Accel Network $6,718.00
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $6,854.11
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $7,218.04
Cigna Local Plus $9,814.00
Cigna HMO/PPO $11,546.00
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Cataract Surgery at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,351.77 $71.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,301.64 $71.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,351.77 $85.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,351.77 $849.94 – $5,772.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,351.77 $71.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $4,301.64 $71.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,301.64 $71.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - TAYLOR Taylor $4,301.64 $71.00 – $7,521.00

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