X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views 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

$477.64

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$796.06

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.

$62.81 with Superior Health Plan vs $597.04 with Private Health Care System — 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 $62.81 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicaid/CHIP $67.21 ↓ -86%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan Medicare Advantage $99.77 ↓ -79%
CORVEL Worker's Compensation $101.87 ↓ -79%
TriWest Community Care Network $105.02 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare $105.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $105.02 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -77%
Superior Health Plan Medicare $110.27 ↓ -77%
ProCare Advantage Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $117.62 ↓ -75%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Small Group $126.02 ↓ -74%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Individual $131.80 ↓ -72%
Prime Health Services Worker's Compensation $132.43 ↓ -72%
Sedgwick Preferred Network $157.00 ↓ -67%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Small Group $173.28 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Advantage $224.16 ↓ -53%
Superior Ambetter Ambetter Exchange $225.79 ↓ -53%
Mark Cuban Commercial $272.35 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth $317.19 ↓ -34%
Employers Health Network BSWQA Direct/EHN Rental $374.15 ↓ -22%
Cigna Local Plus $392.46 ↓ -18%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee $392.46 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield City of Dallas $425.90 ↓ -11%
Aetna Commercial $437.83 ↓ -8%
QuikTrip Employee Benefit Plan $437.83 ↓ -8%
Employers Health Network EHN Network $437.83 ↓ -8%
Imagine Health Commercial $437.83 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Essentials (HMO) $449.44 ↓ -6%
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) $461.71 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO/PPO $461.71 ↓ -3%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Commercial $461.71 ↓ -3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueChoice (PPO) $472.98 ↓ -1%
Independent Medical System Commercial PPO $477.64 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare Charter $495.07 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Nexus $495.07 ↑ +4%
Curative Commercial $517.44 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Commercial Broad $550.08 ↑ +15%
Optum Commercial $557.24 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Accel Network $557.24 ↑ +17%
First Health PPO $557.24 ↑ +17%
Humana Commercial PPO $557.24 ↑ +17%
HealthSmart Preferred Network $597.04 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care System PHCS Network $597.04 ↑ +25%

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,087.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $538.91 $110.93 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $643.60 $62.81 – $804.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $538.91 $67.21 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $538.91 $62.81 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $643.60 $62.81 – $965.40

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