Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL

4500 Medical Center Drive, McKinney, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1437102639

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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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.

$181.11 with United vs $7,113.00 with Humana — 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
United STARPerinate $181.11
United STARPLUS $181.11
United CHIP $181.11
United STAR $181.11
United STARKids $181.11
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $223.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $234.94
Amerigroup CHIP $234.94
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $234.94
Molina STAR+PLUS $246.13
Molina MCDSTAR $246.13
Molina CHIP $246.13
Molina STARKIDS $246.13
Aetna Better Health MCD $268.50
Aetna Better Health CHIP $268.50
Humana MGMCD $279.69
WellMed MGMCR $633.31
Cigna IFP $662.87
Cigna QHP $687.42
BCBS BluePremier $838.58
United OptionsPPO $918.20
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,266.00
Unicare CHIP $1,276.64
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,418.65
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,418.65
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,562.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,659.63
United SmallGroup $1,676.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,689.77
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,689.77
City of McKinney COMM $1,718.55
BCBS EPOSOA $1,778.04
BCBS PPO $1,860.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
BCBS Traditional $2,180.10
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,455.07
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Aetna ASA $2,587.64
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,700.58
Aetna WCOMP $2,700.58
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,700.58
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,700.58
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,847.88
Magellan BH Summit $2,946.08
Magellan BH Pinnacle $2,946.08
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $2,946.08
Humana BHCOMM $3,191.59
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,437.10
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,437.10
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,437.10
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $3,569.67
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,682.61
USA Managed Care COMM $3,928.11
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $3,928.11
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,928.11
ComPsych Corporation COMM $3,928.11
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,173.62
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Unicare MCD $4,910.14
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,910.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,910.14
Humana COMM $7,113.00

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Aspirate pleura without imaging 32554 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,347.27 $223.75 – $1,684.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,347.27 $223.75 – $1,684.09
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,347.27 $223.75 – $1,684.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,515.68 $71.00 – $2,273.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,347.27 $71.00 – $1,684.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,347.27 $223.75 – $1,684.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,515.68 $85.00 – $2,273.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,515.68 $223.75 – $2,273.52

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