St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance 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

$382.60

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.

$637.67

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.

$76.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $586.18 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
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $76.52 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $81.88 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial $108.00 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Nexus $112.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Charter $112.00 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $124.00 ↓ -68%
Mark Cuban Commercial $157.00 ↓ -59%
Cigna Local Plus $179.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna HMO/PPO $211.00 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $277.71 ↓ -27%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $299.70 ↓ -22%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $314.37 ↓ -18%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $350.72 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $350.72 ↓ -8%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $369.85 ↓ -3%
Imagine Health Commercial $369.85 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $369.85 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $382.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $382.60 ↑ +0%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $414.49 ↑ +8%
Curative Commercial $414.49 ↑ +8%
Humana Commercial PPO $446.37 ↑ +17%
Optum Commercial $446.37 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $446.37 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $446.37 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $478.25 ↑ +25%
TriWest Community Care Network $478.25 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $478.25 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $527.38 ↑ +38%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $542.02 ↑ +42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $555.42 ↑ +45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $557.23 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $586.18 ↑ +53%

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St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $382.60 $108.00 – $542.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $376.38 $77.47 – $564.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $401.71 $80.34 – $502.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $382.60 $102.03 – $542.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $376.38 $108.00 – $564.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $376.38 $155.00 – $564.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $401.71 $108.00 – $602.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $382.60 $102.03 – $542.02

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