Transorl lwr esophgl myotomy at BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1447250253

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

$4,229.53

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$7,049.22

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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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$1,198.37 with Superior Health Plan vs $14,118.49 with Mark Cuban — 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 $1,198.37 ↓ -72%
WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) CHIP/Medicaid $1,198.37 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,282.25 ↓ -70%
Texas Workforce Commission Workers Compensation $2,537.72 ↓ -40%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $3,313.13 ↓ -22%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $3,595.10 ↓ -15%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $3,877.07 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $3,877.07 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $3,877.07 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $4,229.53 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Charter $4,302.00 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Nexus $4,302.00 ↑ +2%
Curative Commercial $4,581.99 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $4,780.00 ↑ +13%
Optum Commercial $4,934.45 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $4,934.45 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $4,934.45 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $4,934.45 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $5,286.91 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $5,286.91 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $5,299.67 ↑ +25%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $5,793.63 ↑ +37%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $5,915.60 ↑ +40%
TriWest Community Care Network $6,098.56 ↑ +44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6,098.56 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare $6,098.56 ↑ +44%
WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) Medicare $6,281.52 ↑ +49%
Cigna Local Plus $6,299.00 ↑ +49%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $6,403.49 ↑ +51%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $6,403.49 ↑ +51%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $6,403.49 ↑ +51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $6,403.49 ↑ +51%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $6,403.49 ↑ +51%
Molina Medicare Advantage $6,403.49 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6,830.39 ↑ +61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $7,318.27 ↑ +73%
Cigna HMO/PPO $7,411.00 ↑ +75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $7,494.80 ↑ +77%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $7,653.69 ↑ +81%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $7,690.28 ↑ +82%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $9,117.35 ↑ +116%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $10,062.62 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $10,066.24 ↑ +138%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $10,630.70 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $11,195.16 ↑ +165%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $13,111.90 ↑ +210%
Mark Cuban Commercial $14,118.49 ↑ +234%
Imagine Health Commercial not published by hospital
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial not published by hospital

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Transorl lwr esophgl myotomy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas $5,503.20 not published
MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL Dallas not published $4,076.67 – $6,129.05
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