Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler 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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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.

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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.

$104.75 with United vs $618.03 with Cigna — 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 CHIP $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
United STAR $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Humana MGMCD $130.94
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Aetna QHPHIX $192.20
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Aetna NewBusiness $263.53
Aetna Meritain $282.30
Aetna COMM $282.30
Aetna OON $331.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
Cigna LocalPlus $437.20
Cigna NewBusiness $437.63
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Humana COMM $482.62
Cigna NetworkBenefit $488.32
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $488.32
Cigna HMO $488.32
Cigna AllOther $618.03

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Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $684.31 $99.77 – $855.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $684.31 $99.77 – $855.38
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,288.27 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $684.31 $99.77 – $855.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $618.88 $127.39 – $928.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $601.20 $99.77 – $751.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $684.31 $99.77 – $855.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $618.88 $99.77 – $928.31

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