Bld prd mix 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.

$30.24 with Superior Health Plan vs $431.98 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 STARHealth $30.24
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $30.24
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.24
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.24
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.24
Aetna QHPHIX $42.91
Cigna IFP $58.32
Aetna NewBusiness $59.10
Cigna QHP $60.48
Aetna Meritain $62.95
Aetna COMM $62.95
Aetna OON $74.08
United OptionsPPO $80.78
Oscar HIX $89.85
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $105.84
Evry Health COMM $111.45
Unicare CHIP $112.31
Cigna LocalPlus $121.37
Cigna NewBusiness $121.49
Humana COMM $133.87
Cigna NetworkBenefit $135.56
Cigna HMO $135.56
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $135.56
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $146.01
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16
United SmallGroup $149.16
City of McKinney COMM $151.19
Cigna AllOther $171.57
BCBS Traditional $191.80
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $194.39
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $215.99
BCBS BluePremier $222.43
Aetna ASA $227.65
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $237.59
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $237.59
Aetna WCOMP $237.59
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $237.59
Averde Health, Inc PPO $250.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $251.13
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $251.13
Magellan BH Pinnacle $259.19
Magellan BH Summit $259.19
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $259.19
Humana BHCOMM $280.79
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $302.39
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $302.39
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $302.39
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $314.05
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $323.99
ComPsych Corporation COMM $345.58
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $345.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $345.58
USA Managed Care COMM $345.58
BCBS BlueEssentials $354.45
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $354.45
Galaxy Health Network PPO $367.18
BCBS EPOSOA $371.66
BCBS PPO $388.88
Unicare MCD $431.98
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $431.98
Independent Medical Systems COMM $431.98
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Bld prd mix at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $139.21 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $139.21 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $139.21 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $117.37 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $117.37 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $139.21 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $117.37 $12.00 – $423.12
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