Brace ankle stablizing lg 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.

$13.09 with Superior Health Plan vs $690.98 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $13.09
Superior Health Plan CHIP $13.09
Superior Health Plan STARKids $13.09
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $13.09
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $13.09
Cigna IFP $25.25
Cigna QHP $26.18
United OptionsPPO $34.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $46.19
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $46.19
Unicare CHIP $48.62
Cigna LocalPlus $49.37
Cigna NewBusiness $49.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $55.16
Cigna NetworkBenefit $55.16
Cigna HMO $55.16
BCBS BlueEssentials $59.65
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $59.65
BCBS EPOSOA $62.65
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $63.21
City of McKinney COMM $65.45
BCBS PPO $65.45
Cigna AllOther $69.75
BCBS Traditional $83.03
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $93.50
Aetna ASA $98.55
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $102.85
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $102.85
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $102.85
Aetna WCOMP $102.85
Averde Health, Inc PPO $108.46
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $112.20
Magellan BH Pinnacle $112.20
Magellan BH Summit $112.20
Humana Tricare $118.64
BCBS MCRPPO $119.91
BCBS MGMCRHMO $119.91
Humana BHCOMM $121.55
WellMed MGMCR $121.70
Devoted Health POS $122.31
Devoted Health MCR $122.31
Devoted Health MME $122.31
Devoted Health PPO $122.31
Devoted Health HMO $122.31
Devoted Health SNP $122.31
Amerigroup DualEligible $122.31
Humana MGMCR $122.31
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $122.31
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $122.31
United MGMCR $122.92
Aetna MCR $123.35
Care N Care MGMCR $123.53
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $124.76
Integranet MGMCR $125.98
WellCare MGMCR $125.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $128.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $128.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $128.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $128.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $128.43
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $128.43
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $128.43
ProCare Advantge MCR $128.43
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $129.65
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $129.65
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $130.90
Molina MME $133.32
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $133.32
Molina MCR $133.32
Molina MMP $133.32
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $134.54
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $135.95
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $140.25
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $146.77
ComPsych Corporation COMM $149.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $149.60
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $149.60
USA Managed Care COMM $149.60
Galaxy Health Network PPO $158.95
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $159.00
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $183.47
Bravo Health MCRHMO $183.47
Bravo Health MCRPOS $183.47
Bravo Health MCRPPO $183.47
Bravo Health MCRSNP $183.47
Unicare MCD $187.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $187.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $187.00
Superior ValueHMO $218.93
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $232.39
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $242.17
Superior HMO $273.97
Superior EPO $273.97
Molina Healthcare HIX $320.45
Humana COMM $690.98

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $158.12 $44.80 – $210.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $158.12 $33.84 – $210.83
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $158.12 $44.80 – $210.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $158.12 $10.89 – $79.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $110.51 $10.58 – $70.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $158.12 $42.17 – $210.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $158.12 $16.98 – $79.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $158.12 $27.33 – $79.34

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