Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO

4700 Alliance Blvd., Plano, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1649273434

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

$1,883.20

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.

$3,138.66

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.

$486.45 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,016.35 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
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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 $486.45 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $520.50 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $1,161.30 ↓ -38%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $1,475.17 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $1,547.36 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $1,547.36 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,576.16 ↓ -16%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $1,609.35 ↓ -15%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $1,632.10 ↓ -13%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,659.12 ↓ -12%
Humana Medicare $1,659.12 ↓ -12%
TriWest Community Care Network $1,659.12 ↓ -12%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $1,726.26 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $1,726.26 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $1,726.26 ↓ -8%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -7%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -7%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -7%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $1,742.08 ↓ -7%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↓ -7%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $1,820.42 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $1,820.42 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $1,820.42 ↓ -3%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $1,820.42 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,858.21 ↓ -1%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $1,883.20 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Nexus $1,951.93 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Charter $1,951.93 ↑ +4%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $1,990.94 ↑ +6%
Curative Commercial $2,040.13 ↑ +8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $2,082.20 ↑ +11%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $2,092.15 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $2,168.81 ↑ +15%
Optum Commercial $2,197.06 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $2,197.06 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $2,197.06 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $2,197.06 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $2,197.06 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $2,322.61 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $2,353.99 ↑ +25%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $2,353.99 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $2,448.15 ↑ +30%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $2,480.38 ↑ +32%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $2,737.55 ↑ +45%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $3,567.11 ↑ +89%
Mark Cuban Commercial $4,016.35 ↑ +113%

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Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,883.20 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,177.54 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,812.02 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,883.20 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,177.54 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,177.54 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,812.02 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,883.20 $486.45 – $4,016.35

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