Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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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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.

$0.01 with Humana vs $4.74 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Humana Tricare $0.01
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.02
United SmallGroup $0.02
Cigna LocalPlus $0.06
Cigna NewBusiness $0.06
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.07
Cigna HMO $0.07
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.07
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.07
Cigna AllOther $0.09
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.10
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.10
BCBS PPO $0.11
BCBS EPOSOA $0.11
BCBS BluePremier $0.13
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.33
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.33
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.33
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.33
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.33
Aetna QHPHIX $0.64
Cigna IFP $0.64
Cigna QHP $0.66
United OptionsPPO $0.89
Aetna NewBusiness $0.94
Aetna Meritain $1.01
Aetna COMM $1.01
Aetna OON $1.19
Unicare CHIP $1.23
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.60
City of McKinney COMM $1.66
BCBS Traditional $2.10
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2.37
Aetna ASA $2.50
Aetna WCOMP $2.61
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2.61
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2.61
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2.61
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2.75
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $2.84
Magellan BH Pinnacle $2.84
Magellan BH Summit $2.84
Humana BHCOMM $3.08
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3.32
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3.32
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $3.45
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3.56
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $3.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.79
USA Managed Care COMM $3.79
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4.03
Unicare MCD $4.74
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4.74
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4.74

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Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $27.43 $0.01 – $0.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $27.43 $0.01 – $0.39
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $175.50 $0.08 – $0.08
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27.43 $0.01 – $0.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $27.43 $0.01 – $0.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $27.43 $0.01 – $0.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $27.43 $0.01 – $0.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $27.43 $0.01 – $0.41

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