Artery x-rays lung 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

$3,150.00

Cash price

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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.

$5,250.00

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.

$129.98 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,694.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $129.98 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $139.08 ↓ -96%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $2,467.50 ↓ -22%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $2,588.25 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $2,588.25 ↓ -18%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $2,887.50 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $2,887.50 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $2,887.50 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $2,887.50 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,013.28 ↓ -4%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $3,045.00 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $3,045.00 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $3,045.00 ↓ -3%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $3,076.71 ↓ -2%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,150.00 ↑ +0%
TriWest Community Care Network $3,171.87 ↑ +1%
Humana Medicare $3,171.87 ↑ +1%
United Healthcare Charter $3,264.97 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Nexus $3,264.97 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↑ +6%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↑ +6%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↑ +6%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $3,330.46 ↑ +6%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↑ +6%
Curative Commercial $3,412.50 ↑ +8%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $3,412.50 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,552.49 ↑ +13%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $3,627.75 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $3,675.00 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $3,675.00 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $3,675.00 ↑ +17%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $3,806.24 ↑ +21%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $3,937.50 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $3,937.50 ↑ +25%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $3,980.70 ↑ +26%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $3,999.73 ↑ +27%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $4,741.95 ↑ +51%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $5,233.59 ↑ +66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $5,542.56 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $7,842.72 ↑ +149%
Mark Cuban Commercial $7,896.23 ↑ +151%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $10,530.86 ↑ +234%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $11,112.83 ↑ +253%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $11,694.80 ↑ +271%

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Artery x-rays lung at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $3,150.00 $129.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,150.00 $129.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,402.00 $700.25 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,344.80 $129.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,150.00 $129.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,402.00 $139.08 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,402.00 $129.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,344.80 $129.98 – $7,896.23

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