Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed 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

$2,336.22

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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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$3,893.70

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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.

$1,118.22 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,896.23 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

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 $1,118.22 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $1,196.50 ↓ -49%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $1,362.80 ↓ -42%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,804.00 ↓ -23%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $1,830.04 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $1,919.59 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,919.59 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $2,024.72 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $2,141.53 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $2,141.53 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $2,141.53 ↓ -8%
Cigna HMO/PPO $2,258.35 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $2,258.35 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $2,258.35 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $2,258.35 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Charter $2,421.49 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,421.49 ↑ +4%
Curative Commercial $2,530.91 ↑ +8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $2,608.78 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $2,690.55 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $2,725.59 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $2,725.59 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $2,725.59 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $2,881.34 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $2,920.28 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $2,920.28 ↑ +25%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,013.28 ↑ +29%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $3,076.71 ↑ +32%
Humana Medicare $3,171.87 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,171.87 ↑ +36%
TriWest Community Care Network $3,171.87 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↑ +43%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↑ +43%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↑ +43%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $3,330.46 ↑ +43%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $3,330.46 ↑ +43%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,552.49 ↑ +52%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $3,806.24 ↑ +63%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $3,980.70 ↑ +70%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $3,999.73 ↑ +71%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $4,741.95 ↑ +103%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $5,233.59 ↑ +124%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $6,819.52 ↑ +192%
Mark Cuban Commercial $7,896.23 ↑ +238%

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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,336.22 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,336.22 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,519.49 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,966.54 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,336.22 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,519.49 $85.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,519.49 $1,118.22 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,966.54 $71.00 – $7,896.23

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