Ultrasound encephalogram 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

$496.36

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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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$827.27

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.

$99.77 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $620.45 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $99.77 ↓ -80%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $101.87 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $104.75 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $105.02 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $105.02 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $105.02 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $110.27 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -78%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -78%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $112.08 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $117.62 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $126.02 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $131.80 ↓ -73%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $132.43 ↓ -73%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $157.00 ↓ -68%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $173.28 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $224.16 ↓ -55%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $225.79 ↓ -55%
Mark Cuban Commercial $272.35 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $317.19 ↓ -36%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $388.82 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $407.84 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $407.84 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $425.90 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $449.44 ↓ -9%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $455.00 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $455.00 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $455.00 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $455.00 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $472.98 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO/PPO $479.82 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $479.82 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $479.82 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Nexus $514.48 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Charter $514.48 ↑ +4%
Curative Commercial $537.73 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $571.64 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel Network $579.09 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $579.09 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $579.09 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $620.45 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $620.45 ↑ +25%

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Ultrasound encephalogram at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie $496.36 $99.77 – $620.45
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $873.85 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $496.36 $99.77 – $620.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $456.60 $93.98 – $684.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $444.58 $99.77 – $555.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $496.36 $99.77 – $620.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $456.60 $99.77 – $684.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $456.60 $104.75 – $684.90

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