Mra, without dye, spinal canal at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY

7600 Better Way, Frisco, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1851108765

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

$1,033.39

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.

$1,722.32

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.

$227.71 with Baylor Scott & White 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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $227.71 ↓ -78%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $232.50 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $239.69 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare $239.69 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -76%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -76%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $251.67 ↓ -76%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $268.45 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $287.63 ↓ -72%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $300.81 ↓ -71%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $302.25 ↓ -71%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $395.49 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $466.08 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $482.25 ↓ -53%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $515.33 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $659.50 ↓ -36%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $809.49 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $885.55 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $934.49 ↓ -10%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $947.28 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $947.28 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $983.43 ↓ -5%
Curative Commercial $1,119.51 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,205.62 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $1,205.62 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $1,205.62 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $1,291.74 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $1,291.74 ↑ +25%
Imagine Health Commercial $1,718.00 ↑ +66%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,818.14 ↑ +76%
Cigna Local Plus $1,952.00 ↑ +89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,138.99 ↑ +107%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $2,149.00 ↑ +108%
Cigna HMO/PPO $2,297.00 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Charter $2,429.00 ↑ +135%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,429.00 ↑ +135%
Aetna Commercial $2,577.00 ↑ +149%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $2,699.00 ↑ +161%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,033.39 $227.71 – $2,577.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,033.39 $227.71 – $2,577.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,033.39 $533.92 – $2,700.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,033.39 $227.71 – $2,149.00
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