Ultrasound retroperitoneal limited 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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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.

$51.02 with Aetna vs $2,803.69 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
Aetna QHPHIX $51.02
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $59.81
United STAR $59.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.81
Amerigroup CHIP $59.81
United STARPerinate $59.81
United STARPLUS $59.81
United STARKids $59.81
United CHIP $59.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $62.80
Aetna Better Health CHIP $64.59
Aetna Better Health MCD $64.59
Molina STARKIDS $65.79
Molina CHIP $65.79
Molina MCDSTAR $65.79
Molina STAR+PLUS $65.79
Aetna NewBusiness $69.95
Humana MGMCD $74.76
Aetna COMM $74.94
Aetna Meritain $74.94
Aetna OON $87.89
Humana COMM $118.02
Cigna LocalPlus $122.42
Cigna NewBusiness $122.54
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Cigna NetworkBenefit $136.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.73
Cigna HMO $136.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna AllOther $173.05
Superior Health Plan CHIP $196.26
Superior Health Plan STARKids $196.26
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $196.26
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $196.26
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $196.26
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna IFP $378.50
Cigna QHP $392.52
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
United OptionsPPO $524.29
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $686.90
Evry Health COMM $723.35
Unicare CHIP $728.96
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $947.65
City of McKinney COMM $981.29
Curative Administrators COMM $1,121.48
BCBS Traditional $1,244.84
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,261.66
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,401.85
Aetna ASA $1,477.54
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,542.03
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,542.03
Aetna WCOMP $1,542.03
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,542.03
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,626.14
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,682.21
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,682.21
Magellan BH Summit $1,682.21
Humana BHCOMM $1,822.40
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,962.58
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,962.58
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,962.58
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,038.28
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,102.77
USA Managed Care COMM $2,242.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,242.95
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,242.95
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,242.95
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,383.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,803.69
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,803.69
Unicare MCD $2,803.69

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Ultrasound retroperitoneal limited at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,068.52 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $537.62 $110.66 – $806.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $460.28 $59.81 – $575.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $537.62 $64.00 – $806.43

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