Application of paste boot 29580 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.

$16.10 with Superior Health Plan 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.10
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $16.10
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $16.10
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.10
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.10
Cigna IFP $31.04
Cigna QHP $32.19
United CHIP $33.12
United STARPerinate $33.12
United STARPLUS $33.12
United STAR $33.12
United STARKids $33.12
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.12
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.78
Amerigroup CHIP $34.78
Molina CHIP $36.43
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.43
Molina STARKIDS $36.43
Molina MCDSTAR $36.43
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.74
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.74
Humana MGMCD $41.40
United OptionsPPO $43.00
Oscar HIX $47.83
BCBS BluePremier $56.15
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $56.79
BCBS MyBlueHealth $56.79
Unicare CHIP $59.78
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $73.35
BCBS BlueEssentials $73.35
BCBS EPOSOA $77.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $77.72
BCBS PPO $80.48
City of McKinney COMM $80.48
BCBS Traditional $102.09
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $103.47
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $114.97
Aetna ASA $121.17
Aetna WCOMP $126.46
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $126.46
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $126.46
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $126.46
Averde Health, Inc PPO $133.36
Magellan BH Summit $137.96
Magellan BH Pinnacle $137.96
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $137.96
Humana BHCOMM $149.45
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $160.95
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $160.95
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $160.95
WellMed MGMCR $164.06
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $167.16
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $172.45
USA Managed Care COMM $183.94
ComPsych Corporation COMM $183.94
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $183.94
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $183.94
Galaxy Health Network PPO $195.44
Humana COMM $222.19
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $229.93
Independent Medical Systems COMM $229.93
Unicare MCD $229.93
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00
United SmallGroup $1,580.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Cigna HMO $1,757.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,000.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,152.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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