Brace knee extender plus 22-30in 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$4.06 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,946.98 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $4.06
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $4.06
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.06
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.06
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.06
Cigna IFP $7.83
Cigna QHP $8.12
United OptionsPPO $10.85
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.33
Unicare CHIP $15.08
Cigna NewBusiness $15.31
Cigna LocalPlus $15.31
Cigna HMO $17.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $17.11
Cigna NetworkBenefit $17.11
BCBS BlueEssentials $18.50
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $18.50
BCBS EPOSOA $19.43
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $19.60
BCBS PPO $20.30
City of McKinney COMM $20.30
Cigna AllOther $21.63
BCBS Traditional $25.75
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $29.00
Aetna ASA $30.57
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $31.90
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $31.90
Aetna WCOMP $31.90
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $31.90
Averde Health, Inc PPO $33.64
Magellan BH Summit $34.80
Magellan BH Pinnacle $34.80
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $34.80
Humana BHCOMM $37.70
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $40.60
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $42.17
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $43.50
ComPsych Corporation COMM $46.40
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $46.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $46.40
USA Managed Care COMM $46.40
Galaxy Health Network PPO $49.30
Unicare MCD $58.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $58.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $58.00
Humana Tricare $677.67
BCBS MGMCRHMO $684.93
BCBS MCRPPO $684.93
WellMed MGMCR $695.14
Amerigroup DualEligible $698.63
Devoted Health SNP $698.63
Devoted Health HMO $698.63
Devoted Health POS $698.63
Devoted Health MCR $698.63
Devoted Health MME $698.63
Humana MGMCR $698.63
Devoted Health PPO $698.63
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $698.63
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $698.63
United MGMCR $702.12
Aetna MCR $704.57
Care N Care MGMCR $705.62
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $712.60
WellCare MGMCR $719.59
Integranet MGMCR $719.59
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $733.56
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $733.56
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $733.56
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $733.56
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $733.56
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $733.56
ProCare Advantge MCR $733.56
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $733.56
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $740.55
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $740.55
Molina MMP $761.51
Cenpatico BHMGMCR $761.51
Molina MME $761.51
Molina MCR $761.51
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $768.49
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $838.36
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $908.22
Bravo Health MCRPPO $1,047.94
Bravo Health MCRHMO $1,047.94
Bravo Health MCRPOS $1,047.94
Bravo Health MCRSNP $1,047.94
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $1,047.94
Superior ValueHMO $1,250.55
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,327.40
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,383.29
Superior EPO $1,564.93
Superior HMO $1,564.93
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,830.41
Humana COMM $3,946.98

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,256.06 $355.88 – $1,674.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,256.06 $268.80 – $1,674.75
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,256.06 $355.88 – $1,674.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,256.06 $109.54 – $798.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,256.06 $106.44 – $709.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,256.06 $334.95 – $1,674.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,256.06 $170.84 – $798.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,256.06 $274.97 – $798.30

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →