Ammonia at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY

5252 W. University Drive, McKinney, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1124305065

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

$145.94

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.

$243.23

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.

$10.00 with United Healthcare vs $182.42 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
United Healthcare Charter $10.00 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Nexus $10.00 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $11.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $12.24 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $13.10 ↓ -91%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $13.84 ↓ -91%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $14.13 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare $14.57 ↓ -90%
TriWest Community Care Network $14.57 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.57 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $15.30 ↓ -90%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $15.30 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $15.30 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $15.30 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $15.30 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.32 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $17.48 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $18.29 ↓ -87%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $18.37 ↓ -87%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $21.78 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $22.95 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $24.04 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $27.00 ↓ -81%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $31.33 ↓ -79%
Mark Cuban Commercial $34.97 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $35.55 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $50.41 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $67.60 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $71.39 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $75.18 ↓ -48%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $114.32 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $119.91 ↓ -18%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $133.78 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $133.78 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $133.78 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $141.07 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $141.07 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $141.07 ↓ -3%
Curative Commercial $158.10 ↑ +8%
HealthSmart Accel Network $170.26 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $170.26 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $170.26 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $182.42 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $182.42 ↑ +25%

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Ammonia at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $145.94 $10.00 – $182.42
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $232.94 $13.11 – $56.09
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $145.94 $10.00 – $182.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $142.06 $12.00 – $213.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $145.94 $12.00 – $182.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $145.94 $10.00 – $182.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $142.06 $12.00 – $213.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $142.06 $8.00 – $213.08

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