Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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.

$83.86 with United vs $2,032.15 with Unicare — 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 SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $86.58
United STARPLUS $86.58
United STARPerinate $86.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58
Amerigroup CHIP $86.58
United CHIP $86.58
United STAR $86.58
United STARKids $86.58
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $90.91
Aetna Better Health CHIP $93.51
Aetna Better Health MCD $93.51
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.24
Molina MCDSTAR $95.24
Molina STARKIDS $95.24
Molina CHIP $95.24
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Humana MGMCD $108.22
Aetna QHPHIX $134.17
Superior Health Plan STARKids $142.25
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $142.25
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $142.25
Superior Health Plan CHIP $142.25
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $142.25
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NewBusiness $183.96
Aetna Meritain $197.06
Aetna COMM $197.06
Aetna OON $231.13
Cigna IFP $274.34
Cigna QHP $284.50
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
United OptionsPPO $380.01
Cigna LocalPlus $395.89
Cigna NewBusiness $396.28
Humana COMM $435.64
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $442.18
Cigna NetworkBenefit $442.18
Cigna HMO $442.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $497.88
Evry Health COMM $524.29
Unicare CHIP $528.36
Cigna AllOther $559.63
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $686.87
City of McKinney COMM $711.25
Curative Administrators COMM $812.86
BCBS Traditional $902.27
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $914.47
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,016.08
Aetna ASA $1,070.94
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,117.68
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,117.68
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,117.68
Aetna WCOMP $1,117.68
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,178.65
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,219.29
Magellan BH Summit $1,219.29
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,219.29
Humana BHCOMM $1,320.90
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,422.51
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,422.51
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,422.51
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,477.37
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,524.11
USA Managed Care COMM $1,625.72
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,625.72
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,625.72
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,625.72
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,727.33
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,032.15
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,032.15
Unicare MCD $2,032.15

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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $474.87 $97.74 – $712.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $462.36 $83.05 – $577.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $474.87 $83.05 – $712.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $474.87 $86.58 – $712.30

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