Ultrasound guide intraoperative 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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Cash price

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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.

$77.62 with BCBS vs $3,428.04 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
BCBS BluePremier $77.62
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $85.45
BCBS MyBlueHealth $85.45
Aetna QHPHIX $96.26
Aetna NewBusiness $131.98
Aetna Meritain $141.38
Aetna COMM $141.38
Aetna OON $165.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $239.96
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $239.96
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $239.96
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $239.96
Superior Health Plan CHIP $239.96
BCBS BlueEssentials $253.74
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $253.74
BCBS EPOSOA $266.14
BCBS PPO $278.53
Cigna IFP $462.79
Cigna QHP $479.93
Humana COMM $484.73
United OptionsPPO $641.04
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $651.33
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $839.87
Evry Health COMM $884.43
Unicare CHIP $891.29
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,158.68
City of McKinney COMM $1,199.81
Curative Administrators COMM $1,371.22
BCBS Traditional $1,522.05
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,542.62
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,714.02
Aetna ASA $1,806.58
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,885.42
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,885.42
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,885.42
Aetna WCOMP $1,885.42
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,988.26
Magellan BH Pinnacle $2,056.82
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $2,056.82
Magellan BH Summit $2,056.82
Humana BHCOMM $2,228.23
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,399.63
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,399.63
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,399.63
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,492.19
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,571.03
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,742.43
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,742.43
USA Managed Care COMM $2,742.43
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,742.43
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,913.83
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,428.04
Unicare MCD $3,428.04
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,428.04

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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $632.90 $130.46 – $896.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $632.90 $130.46 – $896.61
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $632.90 $130.46 – $896.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $656.12 $135.05 – $984.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $488.56 $97.71 – $610.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $632.90 $149.38 – $896.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $656.12 $210.61 – $984.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $656.12 $338.99 – $984.18

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