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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE
2600 E. Pflugerville Parkway, Suite 100, TX · Baylor Scott & White Health · · NPI 1346729159
$2,589.56
Cash price 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.
$4,315.93
Gross charge 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.
$409.24 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $3,884.34 with Three Rivers — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Premier/High Performance Network/My BlueHealth | $409.24 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Advantage | $414.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Blue Essentials (HMO) | $474.29 | ↓ -82% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicaid | $474.75 | ↓ -82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | BlueChoice (PPO) | $500.03 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Medicaid/CHIP | $507.98 | ↓ -80% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $521.46 | ↓ -80% |
| CORVEL | Worker's Compensation | $532.43 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Medicare | $548.90 | ↓ -79% |
| TriWest | Community Care Network | $548.90 | ↓ -79% |
| Superior Health Plan | Medicare HMO/Medicare PPO | $548.90 | ↓ -79% |
| ProCare Advantage | Medicare Advantage | $576.35 | ↓ -78% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $576.35 | ↓ -78% |
| American Health Plan | Medicare Advantage | $576.35 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $614.77 | ↓ -76% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Small Group | $658.68 | ↓ -75% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Individual | $688.87 | ↓ -73% |
| Prime Health Services | Worker's Compensation | $692.16 | ↓ -73% |
| Sedgwick | Preferred Network | $820.61 | ↓ -68% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Small Group | $905.68 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $917.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Mark Cuban | Commercial | $1,366.64 | ↓ -47% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Premier - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 1)/BSWH Employee | $1,570.14 | ↓ -39% |
| Baylor Scott & White Health Plan | BSW Plus - Large Group/BSW Premier Direct to Employer (Rate 2) | $1,847.22 | ↓ -29% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $2,002.59 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | HMO/PPO | $2,339.23 | ↓ -10% |
| QuikTrip | Employee Benefit Plan | $2,373.76 | ↓ -8% |
| MidCoast | Commercial | $2,373.76 | ↓ -8% |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Commercial | $2,503.24 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical System | Commercial PPO | $2,589.56 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative | Commercial | $2,805.35 | ↑ +8% |
| Humana | Commercial HMO | $2,805.35 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,982.31 | ↑ +15% |
| Humana | Commercial PPO | $3,021.15 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Accel Network | $3,021.15 | ↑ +17% |
| First Health | PPO | $3,021.15 | ↑ +17% |
| HealthSmart | Preferred Network | $3,236.95 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care System | PHCS Network | $3,236.95 | ↑ +25% |
| Three Rivers | Three Rivers Provider Network | $3,884.34 | ↑ +50% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,589.56 | $317.09 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,589.56 | $500.03 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,589.56 | $1,337.94 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |