Apheresis platelets 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

$2,540.03

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.

$2,540.03

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.

$164.30 with United vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 STAR $164.30 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $164.30 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $164.30 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $164.30 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $164.30 ↓ -94%
United STARPerinate $164.30 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $172.52 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $172.52 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $172.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $177.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $177.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $177.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $177.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $177.80 ↓ -93%
Molina STAR+PLUS $180.73 ↓ -93%
Molina STARKIDS $180.73 ↓ -93%
Molina MCDSTAR $180.73 ↓ -93%
Molina CHIP $180.73 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $197.16 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $197.16 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $205.38 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $260.77 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $342.90 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $355.60 ↓ -86%
WellMed MGMCR $445.40 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $474.99 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $528.33 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $622.31 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $627.39 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $627.39 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $655.33 ↓ -74%
Unicare CHIP $660.41 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $670.57 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $670.57 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $749.31 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $749.31 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $749.31 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $797.49 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentials $810.27 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $810.27 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $850.91 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $858.53 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $889.01 ↓ -65%
City of McKinney COMM $889.01 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $947.43 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,016.01 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,127.77 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,143.01 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,270.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,338.60 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $1,397.02 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,397.02 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,397.02 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,397.02 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,473.22 ↓ -42%
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,524.02 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,524.02 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Summit $1,524.02 ↓ -40%
United SmallGroup $1,580.00 ↓ -38%
Humana BHCOMM $1,651.02 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,778.02 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,778.02 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,778.02 ↓ -30%
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $1,846.60 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,905.02 ↓ -25%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,000.00 ↓ -21%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,032.02 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,032.02 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,032.02 ↓ -20%
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,032.02 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,159.03 ↓ -15%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00 ↓ -14%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↓ -1%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,540.03 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,540.03 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,540.03 ↑ +0%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↑ +36%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↑ +45%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↑ +71%

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Apheresis platelets at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,692.74 $164.30 – $3,365.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,692.74 $164.30 – $3,365.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,692.74 $164.30 – $3,365.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,851.13 $175.80 – $4,276.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,771.94 $164.30 – $3,464.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,692.74 $164.30 – $3,365.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,851.13 $175.80 – $4,276.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,851.13 $164.30 – $4,276.70

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