External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY

5268 W University Dr, McKinney, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1962504340

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 29, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$558.82

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.

$931.37

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 $746.19 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 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Charter $35.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $39.00 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $121.47 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $129.97 ↓ -77%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $137.38 ↓ -75%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $140.27 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -74%
TriWest Community Care Network $144.61 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $144.61 ↓ -74%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $151.84 ↓ -73%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $151.84 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $151.84 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $151.84 ↓ -73%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $151.84 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $161.96 ↓ -71%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $173.53 ↓ -69%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $181.49 ↓ -68%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $182.35 ↓ -67%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $216.19 ↓ -61%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $219.58 ↓ -61%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $221.85 ↓ -60%
Cigna Local Plus $230.32 ↓ -59%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $238.61 ↓ -57%
Aetna Commercial $256.95 ↓ -54%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $256.95 ↓ -54%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $256.95 ↓ -54%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $261.00 ↓ -53%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $270.97 ↓ -52%
Cigna HMO/PPO $270.97 ↓ -52%
Imagine Health Commercial $270.97 ↓ -52%
Curative Commercial $303.67 ↓ -46%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $310.91 ↓ -44%
First Health PPO $327.03 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Accel Network $327.03 ↓ -41%
Humana Commercial PPO $327.03 ↓ -41%
Mark Cuban Commercial $347.06 ↓ -38%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $350.39 ↓ -37%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $350.39 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $352.85 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $500.35 ↓ -10%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $670.99 ↑ +20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $708.59 ↑ +27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $746.19 ↑ +34%

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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $558.82 $35.00 – $350.39
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $558.82 $35.00 – $350.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $632.62 $36.00 – $420.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $525.00 $36.00 – $350.39
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $632.62 $36.00 – $420.47
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