Biopsy needle liver percutaneous 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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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.

$459.20 with Cigna vs $4,723.00 with Oscar — 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
Cigna IFP $459.20
Cigna QHP $476.21
United CHIP $486.45
United STAR $486.45
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $486.45
United STARPerinate $486.45
United STARPLUS $486.45
United STARKids $486.45
Amerigroup CHIP $510.77
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $510.77
Amerigroup MGMCD $510.77
Molina STAR+PLUS $535.10
Molina STARKIDS $535.10
Molina MCDSTAR $535.10
Molina CHIP $535.10
Aetna Better Health CHIP $583.74
Aetna Better Health MCD $583.74
Humana MGMCD $608.06
United OptionsPPO $636.08
Unicare CHIP $884.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,149.71
City of McKinney COMM $1,190.53
BCBS Traditional $1,510.27
WellMed MGMCR $1,667.42
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,700.76
Aetna ASA $1,792.60
BCBS BluePremier $1,825.56
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,870.83
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,870.83
Aetna WCOMP $1,870.83
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,870.83
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,972.88
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,993.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $2,040.91
Magellan BH Summit $2,040.91
Magellan BH Pinnacle $2,040.91
Humana BHCOMM $2,210.98
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,214.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,381.06
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,381.06
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,472.90
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,551.13
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,721.21
USA Managed Care COMM $2,721.21
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,721.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,721.21
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,891.28
United SmallGroup $2,924.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,008.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,088.35
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,088.35
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,401.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,401.51
Unicare MCD $3,401.51
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,678.57
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,678.57
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
BCBS EPOSOA $3,870.73
BCBS PPO $4,049.17
Humana COMM $4,116.00
United AllPayerAppendix $4,120.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $4,723.00

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Biopsy needle liver percutaneous at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,219.28 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $2,219.28 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,219.28 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,359.51 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,867.11 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,219.28 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,359.51 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,359.51 $486.45 – $4,016.35

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