External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$1,465.10

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.

$2,441.83

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.

$35.00 with United Healthcare vs $741.75 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
United Healthcare Nexus $35.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Charter $35.00 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $39.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $120.75 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $129.20 ↓ -91%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $136.56 ↓ -91%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $139.44 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $143.75 ↓ -90%
TriWest Community Care Network $143.75 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare $143.75 ↓ -90%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $150.94 ↓ -90%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $150.94 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $150.94 ↓ -90%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $150.94 ↓ -90%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $150.94 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $161.00 ↓ -89%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $172.50 ↓ -88%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $180.41 ↓ -88%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $181.27 ↓ -88%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $214.91 ↓ -85%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $219.58 ↓ -85%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $220.32 ↓ -85%
Cigna Local Plus $230.32 ↓ -84%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $237.19 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $256.95 ↓ -82%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $256.95 ↓ -82%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $256.95 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $259.20 ↓ -82%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $270.97 ↓ -82%
Cigna HMO/PPO $270.97 ↓ -82%
Imagine Health Commercial $270.97 ↓ -82%
Curative Commercial $303.67 ↓ -79%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $309.06 ↓ -79%
First Health PPO $327.03 ↓ -78%
HealthSmart Accel Network $327.03 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial PPO $327.03 ↓ -78%
Mark Cuban Commercial $345.00 ↓ -76%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $350.39 ↓ -76%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $350.39 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $350.75 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $497.38 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $667.00 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $704.38 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $741.75 ↓ -49%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,465.10 $35.00 – $350.39
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