Echo guide for heart biopsy at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL

12505 Lebanon Road, Frisco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1801826839

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

$455.26

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.

$758.77

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.

$77.59 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $644.95 with CORVEL — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $77.59 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $109.77 ↓ -76%
WellPoint (fka Amerigroup) CHIP/Medicaid $121.40 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $121.40 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $129.90 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $147.72 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $155.85 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $163.98 ↓ -64%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $356.62 ↓ -22%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $374.07 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $374.07 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $417.32 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $417.32 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $417.32 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $417.32 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $440.09 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $440.09 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $440.09 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Nexus $471.88 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Charter $471.88 ↑ +4%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $493.20 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $493.20 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $524.31 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $531.14 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $531.14 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $531.14 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $569.08 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $569.08 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $569.08 ↑ +25%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $644.95 ↑ +42%

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Echo guide for heart biopsy at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $455.26 $67.76 – $644.95
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $455.26 $67.76 – $644.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $455.26 $67.76 – $644.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $455.26 $67.76 – $644.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $455.26 $67.76 – $644.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $455.26 $77.59 – $644.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $455.26 $67.76 – $644.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON Denton $455.26 $67.76 – $644.95

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