Ultrasound elastography parenchyma 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

$232.30

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$387.17

Gross charge

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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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$99.77 with Baylor Scott & White Health Plan vs $472.98 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

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
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $99.77 ↓ -57%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $101.87 ↓ -56%
Superior Health Plan Medicaid $104.59 ↓ -55%
TriWest Community Care Network $105.02 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $105.02 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare $105.02 ↓ -55%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -53%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $110.27 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -53%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -53%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $111.91 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $117.62 ↓ -49%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $126.02 ↓ -46%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $131.80 ↓ -43%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $132.43 ↓ -43%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $157.00 ↓ -32%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $173.28 ↓ -25%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $181.97 ↓ -22%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $190.87 ↓ -18%
Cigna Local Plus $190.87 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $212.94 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $212.94 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $212.94 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $212.94 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $224.16 ↓ -4%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $224.56 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $224.56 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $224.56 ↓ -3%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $225.79 ↓ -3%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $232.30 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Charter $240.78 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Nexus $240.78 ↑ +4%
Curative Commercial $251.66 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $267.53 ↑ +15%
First Health PPO $271.02 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $271.02 ↑ +17%
Optum Commercial $271.02 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $271.02 ↑ +17%
Mark Cuban Commercial $272.35 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $290.38 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $290.38 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $317.19 ↑ +37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $425.90 ↑ +83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $449.44 ↑ +93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $472.98 ↑ +104%

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Ultrasound elastography parenchyma at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $232.30 $99.77 – $290.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $399.40 $82.21 – $599.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $353.09 $99.77 – $441.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $232.30 $99.77 – $290.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $399.40 $99.77 – $599.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $399.40 $104.59 – $599.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $353.09 $99.77 – $529.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $232.30 $99.77 – $290.38

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