Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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.

$3.55 with Superior Health Plan vs $76.03 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.55
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $3.55
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $3.55
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.28
Cigna IFP $6.85
Aetna QHPHIX $6.85
Cigna QHP $7.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.73
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.73
BCBS EPOSOA $8.11
Humana Tricare $8.19
BCBS PPO $8.49
United OptionsPPO $9.49
BCBS BluePremier $10.02
Aetna NewBusiness $10.10
Aetna Meritain $10.81
Aetna COMM $10.81
Aetna OON $12.74
Unicare CHIP $13.19
United AllPayerAppendix $13.96
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.96
United SmallGroup $13.96
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $17.15
City of McKinney COMM $17.76
BCBS Traditional $22.53
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $25.37
Aetna ASA $26.74
Aetna WCOMP $27.91
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $27.91
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $27.91
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $27.91
Averde Health, Inc PPO $29.43
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $30.44
Magellan BH Pinnacle $30.44
Magellan BH Summit $30.44
Humana BHCOMM $32.98
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $35.52
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $35.52
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $36.89
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $38.05
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $40.59
USA Managed Care COMM $40.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $40.59
Galaxy Health Network PPO $43.13
Humana COMM $48.14
Independent Medical Systems COMM $50.74
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $50.74
Unicare MCD $50.74
Cigna LocalPlus $53.79
Cigna NewBusiness $53.85
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.10
Cigna HMO $60.10
Cigna NetworkBenefit $60.10
Cigna AllOther $76.03

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $31.21 $4.70 – $23.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $31.21 $3.55 – $23.49
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $31.21 $4.70 – $23.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $31.21 $3.41 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $31.21 $3.32 – $20.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $31.21 $4.42 – $23.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $31.21 $5.32 – $24.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $31.21 $8.57 – $24.88

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