Ammonia 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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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.

$12.24 with United vs $1,704.14 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 CHIP $12.24
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.24
Amerigroup CHIP $12.24
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.24
United STARPerinate $12.24
United STARPLUS $12.24
United STARKids $12.24
United STAR $12.24
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.22
Aetna Better Health CHIP $13.22
Molina STARKIDS $13.46
Molina CHIP $13.46
Molina STAR+PLUS $13.46
Molina MCDSTAR $13.46
WellMed MGMCR $14.50
United SmallGroup $14.57
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $14.57
Devoted Health PPO $14.57
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.57
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.57
BCBS MCRPPO $14.57
Devoted Health MCR $14.57
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $14.57
Devoted Health MME $14.57
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.57
United AllPayerAppendix $14.57
Humana MGMCR $14.57
Devoted Health SNP $14.57
Devoted Health HMO $14.57
Devoted Health POS $14.57
United MGMCR $14.64
Aetna MCR $14.69
Care N Care MGMCR $14.72
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $14.86
Integranet MGMCR $15.01
WellCare MGMCR $15.01
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $15.30
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $15.30
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $15.30
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $15.30
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $15.30
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $15.30
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $15.30
Humana MGMCD $15.30
ProCare Advantge MCR $15.30
Humana Tricare $15.30
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $15.44
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $15.44
Molina MMP $15.88
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $15.88
Molina MME $15.88
Molina MCR $15.88
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $16.03
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.48
Aetna QHPHIX $18.53
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $18.94
Bravo Health MCRHMO $21.86
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $21.86
Bravo Health MCRPPO $21.86
Bravo Health MCRPOS $21.86
Bravo Health MCRSNP $21.86
BCBS BluePremier $22.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.50
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $25.50
Aetna NewBusiness $25.52
Superior ValueHMO $26.08
Aetna Meritain $27.18
Aetna COMM $27.18
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $27.68
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.85
Aetna OON $31.99
Superior EPO $32.64
Superior HMO $32.64
BCBS BlueEssentials $35.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $35.99
BCBS EPOSOA $37.74
Oscar HIX $37.88
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.17
BCBS PPO $39.48
Cigna LocalPlus $55.51
Cigna NewBusiness $55.57
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $62.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $62.00
Cigna HMO $62.00
Cigna AllOther $78.47
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $119.29
Superior Health Plan CHIP $119.29
Superior Health Plan STARKids $119.29
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $119.29
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $119.29
Humana COMM $161.88
Cigna IFP $230.06
Cigna QHP $238.58
United OptionsPPO $318.67
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $417.51
Evry Health COMM $439.67
Unicare CHIP $443.08
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $576.00
City of McKinney COMM $596.45
BCBS Traditional $756.64
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $766.86
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $852.07
Aetna ASA $898.08
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $937.28
Aetna WCOMP $937.28
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $937.28
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $937.28
Averde Health, Inc PPO $988.40
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,022.48
Magellan BH Summit $1,022.48
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,022.48
Humana BHCOMM $1,107.69
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,192.90
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,192.90
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,192.90
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,238.91
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,278.11
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,363.31
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $1,363.31
USA Managed Care COMM $1,363.31
ComPsych Corporation COMM $1,363.31
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,448.52
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,704.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,704.14
Unicare MCD $1,704.14
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $145.94 $10.00 – $182.42
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