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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON

2801 S Mayhill Road, Denton, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1194753590

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

$1,753.94

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.

$2,923.24

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.

$234.23 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,699.00 with United Healthcare — 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 $234.23 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $250.63 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $332.94 ↓ -81%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $339.95 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare $350.46 ↓ -80%
TriWest Community Care Network $350.46 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $367.98 ↓ -79%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $367.98 ↓ -79%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $367.98 ↓ -79%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $367.98 ↓ -79%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $367.98 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $392.52 ↓ -78%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $420.55 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $439.83 ↓ -75%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $441.93 ↓ -75%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $523.94 ↓ -70%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $578.26 ↓ -67%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $753.49 ↓ -57%
Mark Cuban Commercial $952.69 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $1,248.65 ↓ -29%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $1,373.92 ↓ -22%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $1,607.78 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $1,607.78 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $1,718.00 ↓ -2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $1,771.78 ↑ +1%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,818.14 ↑ +4%
Curative Commercial $1,900.11 ↑ +8%
Cigna Local Plus $1,952.00 ↑ +11%
Humana Commercial PPO $2,046.27 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $2,046.27 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $2,046.27 ↑ +17%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,138.99 ↑ +22%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $2,149.00 ↑ +23%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $2,192.43 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $2,192.43 ↑ +25%
Cigna HMO/PPO $2,297.00 ↑ +31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $2,378.93 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Charter $2,429.00 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,429.00 ↑ +38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $2,508.75 ↑ +43%
Aetna Commercial $2,577.00 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $2,642.40 ↑ +51%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $2,699.00 ↑ +54%

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Brain MRA (blood vessel MRI, with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,753.94 $234.23 – $2,192.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,000.98 $411.87 – $3,001.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,264.12 $234.23 – $2,830.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,000.98 $250.63 – $3,001.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,753.94 $234.23 – $2,577.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,000.98 $234.23 – $3,001.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $1,753.94 $234.23 – $2,192.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,753.94 $234.23 – $2,192.43

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