Bx pleura pq ndl 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

$2,167.90

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.

$3,613.17

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.

$486.45 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,016.35 with Mark Cuban — 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 $486.45 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $520.50 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $1,336.87 ↓ -38%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,576.16 ↓ -27%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $1,609.35 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare $1,659.12 ↓ -23%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,659.12 ↓ -23%
TriWest Community Care Network $1,659.12 ↓ -23%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $1,698.19 ↓ -22%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -20%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -20%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $1,742.08 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -20%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -20%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,781.29 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $1,781.29 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,804.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,858.21 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $1,878.85 ↓ -13%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $1,987.24 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $1,987.24 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $1,987.24 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $1,990.94 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $2,082.20 ↓ -4%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $2,092.15 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $2,095.64 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $2,095.64 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,095.64 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $2,095.64 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,247.03 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Charter $2,247.03 ↑ +4%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $2,348.56 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $2,348.56 ↑ +8%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $2,480.38 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $2,496.70 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $2,529.22 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $2,529.22 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $2,529.22 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $2,673.75 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $2,709.88 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $2,709.88 ↑ +25%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $2,737.55 ↑ +26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $2,818.27 ↑ +30%
Mark Cuban Commercial $4,016.35 ↑ +85%

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Bx pleura pq ndl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,167.90 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,167.90 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,824.10 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,764.77 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,167.90 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,824.10 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,824.10 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,764.77 $71.00 – $4,016.35

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