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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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

$1,375.99

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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.

$2,293.32

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.

$187.79 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,719.99 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
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $187.79 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $200.94 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $227.71 ↓ -83%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $232.50 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $239.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $239.69 ↓ -83%
TriWest Community Care Network $239.69 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -82%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -82%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -82%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $251.67 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $268.45 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $287.63 ↓ -79%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $300.81 ↓ -78%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $302.25 ↓ -78%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $358.34 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $395.49 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $504.52 ↓ -63%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $515.33 ↓ -63%
Mark Cuban Commercial $607.02 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $958.10 ↓ -30%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $1,009.05 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $1,012.33 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $1,064.92 ↓ -23%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $1,077.86 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,117.00 ↓ -19%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,130.61 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $1,130.61 ↓ -18%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $1,261.33 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $1,261.33 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $1,330.13 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $1,330.13 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $1,330.13 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $1,330.13 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Charter $1,426.22 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,426.22 ↑ +4%
Curative Commercial $1,490.66 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $1,584.68 ↑ +15%
Humana Commercial PPO $1,605.32 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,605.32 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $1,605.32 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $1,719.99 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $1,719.99 ↑ +25%

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,224.72 $252.09 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,530.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,224.72 $200.94 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99

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