Echo guide for transfusion at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY
5268 W University Dr, McKinney, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1962504340
$256.36
Cash price 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.
$427.26
Gross charge 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.
$54.86 with United Healthcare vs $363.17 with CORVEL — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $54.86 | ↓ -79% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $64.09 | ↓ -75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $142.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Employers Health Network | BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental | $200.81 | ↓ -22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $200.93 | ↓ -22% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $210.64 | ↓ -18% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $210.64 | ↓ -18% |
| Employers Health Network | EHN Network | $234.99 | ↓ -8% |
| Imagine Health | Commercial | $234.99 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $234.99 | ↓ -8% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $234.99 | ↓ -8% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $247.81 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $247.81 | ↓ -3% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $247.81 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $256.36 | ↑ +0% |
| United Healthcare | Charter | $265.71 | ↑ +4% |
| United Healthcare | Nexus | $265.71 | ↑ +4% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | City of Dallas | $269.80 | ↑ +5% |
| Curative | Commercial | $277.72 | ↑ +8% |
| Superior Ambetter | Ambetter Exchange | $277.72 | ↑ +8% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $284.71 | ↑ +11% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial Broad | $295.24 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $299.08 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $299.08 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $299.08 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $299.62 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $320.44 | ↑ +25% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $320.44 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $320.44 | ↑ +25% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $363.17 | ↑ +42% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $256.36 | $72.63 – $363.17 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $256.36 | $72.63 – $363.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $344.76 | $70.96 – $517.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $273.05 | $54.61 – $341.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $256.36 | $68.36 – $363.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $344.76 | $110.67 – $517.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $344.76 | $178.13 – $517.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $273.05 | $91.02 – $409.58 |