Arthrotomy carpometacarpal joint 26070 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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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.

$593.04 with United vs $4,926.00 with Humana — 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 $593.04
United STARPLUS $593.04
United STARKids $593.04
United STAR $593.04
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $593.04
United STARPerinate $593.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $622.69
Amerigroup CHIP $622.69
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $622.69
Molina CHIP $652.34
Molina STAR+PLUS $652.34
Molina STARKIDS $652.34
Molina MCDSTAR $652.34
Aetna Better Health MCD $711.65
Aetna Better Health CHIP $711.65
Humana MGMCD $741.30
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
WellMed MGMCR $1,623.40
BCBS BluePremier $1,802.67
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,993.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,214.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,700.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,702.00
United SmallGroup $2,924.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3,016.00
Cigna HMO $3,016.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,016.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,049.63
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,049.63
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,632.45
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,632.45
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Cigna AllOther $3,816.00
BCBS EPOSOA $3,822.20
BCBS PPO $3,998.40
United AllPayerAppendix $4,120.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,210.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
Humana COMM $4,926.00

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Arthrotomy carpometacarpal joint 26070 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,551.05 $593.04 – $3,981.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,551.05 $593.04 – $3,981.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,551.05 $593.04 – $3,981.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,449.93 $71.00 – $3,981.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,449.93 $71.00 – $3,981.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,551.05 $593.04 – $3,981.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,449.93 $85.00 – $3,981.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,449.93 $593.04 – $3,981.46

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