Immunofixation electrophoresis serum 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

$346.24

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$577.07

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 $168.07 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 Nexus $10.00 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Charter $10.00 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $11.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $18.77 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $20.08 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $21.22 ↓ -94%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $21.67 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $22.34 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $22.34 ↓ -94%
TriWest Community Care Network $22.34 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $23.46 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $23.46 ↓ -93%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $23.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $23.46 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $23.46 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25.02 ↓ -93%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $26.81 ↓ -92%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $28.04 ↓ -92%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $28.17 ↓ -92%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $33.40 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $33.66 ↓ -90%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $36.86 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $39.60 ↓ -89%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $48.03 ↓ -86%
Mark Cuban Commercial $53.62 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $54.51 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $77.30 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $103.66 ↓ -70%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $105.33 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $109.47 ↓ -68%
Cigna Local Plus $110.48 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $115.27 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial $123.25 ↓ -64%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $123.25 ↓ -64%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $123.25 ↓ -64%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $129.98 ↓ -62%
Imagine Health Commercial $129.98 ↓ -62%
Cigna HMO/PPO $129.98 ↓ -62%
Curative Commercial $145.66 ↓ -58%
First Health PPO $156.87 ↓ -55%
Humana Commercial PPO $156.87 ↓ -55%
HealthSmart Accel Network $156.87 ↓ -55%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $168.07 ↓ -51%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $168.07 ↓ -51%

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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie $346.24 $10.00 – $168.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $505.14 $20.11 – $86.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $346.24 $10.00 – $168.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $346.24 $12.00 – $201.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $346.24 $12.00 – $168.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $346.24 $10.00 – $168.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $346.24 $12.00 – $201.69
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