CMS Price Transparency Data

Breathing treatment (nebulizer)

Facility: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Plano

Billing Code: 94640 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$240

about 1.1× the $224 Medicare rate · typically $102–$250

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$224

About the fair price

about $16 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $224 Fair price $240 This hospital $224 Cash price $188 Hospital's list price $314

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $24 Priciest $224

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Breathing treatment (nebulizer) is about $240 (about 1.1× the $224 Medicare rate). Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Plano charges insurers about $224, or about $188 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Plano, TX.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$195 - $224	87%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$205 - $1,130	92%
Aetnamajor	$173 - $195	77%
Cignamajor	$155 - $182	69%
Humanamajor	$195 - $220	87%
Ambetter (Centene)	$404	181%
Baylor Scott & White	$155 - $322	69%
Cigna HealthSpring	$205	92%
Health Net	$173	77%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$173 - $236

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 188), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 94640.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Plano is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 94640.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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