Ghs peritonsillar abscess i andd 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

$1,453.82

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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.

$2,423.03

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.

$87.58 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,817.27 with HealthSmart — 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 $87.58 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $93.71 ↓ -94%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $226.03 ↓ -84%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $230.79 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare $237.93 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $237.93 ↓ -84%
TriWest Community Care Network $237.93 ↓ -84%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $249.83 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $249.83 ↓ -83%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $249.83 ↓ -83%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $249.83 ↓ -83%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $249.83 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $266.48 ↓ -82%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $285.52 ↓ -80%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $298.60 ↓ -79%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $300.03 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $344.15 ↓ -76%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $355.71 ↓ -76%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $392.58 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $486.70 ↓ -67%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $511.55 ↓ -65%
Mark Cuban Commercial $605.10 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $653.68 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $690.34 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $726.99 ↓ -50%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $1,138.82 ↓ -22%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,194.55 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $1,194.55 ↓ -18%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $1,332.67 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $1,332.67 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $1,332.67 ↓ -8%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $1,405.36 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $1,405.36 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $1,405.36 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $1,405.36 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Charter $1,506.88 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,506.88 ↑ +4%
Curative Commercial $1,574.97 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $1,674.31 ↑ +15%
HealthSmart Accel Network $1,696.12 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $1,696.12 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $1,696.12 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $1,817.27 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $1,817.27 ↑ +25%

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Ghs peritonsillar abscess i andd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,453.82 $87.58 – $1,817.27
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,646.52 $254.55 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,453.82 $87.58 – $1,817.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $867.02 $71.00 – $1,300.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $844.18 $71.00 – $1,055.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,453.82 $87.58 – $1,817.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $867.02 $85.00 – $1,300.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $867.02 $87.58 – $1,300.53

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