Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 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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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.

$42.63 with United vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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
United STAR $42.63
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.63
United STARPerinate $42.63
United STARPLUS $42.63
United STARKids $42.63
United CHIP $42.63
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $44.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.76
Amerigroup CHIP $44.76
Molina MCDSTAR $46.89
Molina CHIP $46.89
Molina STAR+PLUS $46.89
Molina STARKIDS $46.89
Aetna Better Health MCD $51.16
Aetna Better Health CHIP $51.16
Humana MGMCD $53.29
BCBS BluePremier $71.51
Humana COMM $227.13
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $232.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $232.82
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $299.50
BCBS BlueEssentials $299.50
BCBS EPOSOA $314.55
BCBS PPO $329.07
Cigna IFP $415.01
Cigna QHP $430.38
United OptionsPPO $574.87
WellMed MGMCR $714.92
Unicare CHIP $799.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,039.07
City of McKinney COMM $1,075.96
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,266.00
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
BCBS Traditional $1,364.93
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,537.09
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,562.00
Aetna ASA $1,620.09
United SmallGroup $1,676.00
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,690.79
Aetna WCOMP $1,690.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,690.79
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,690.79
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,783.02
Magellan BH Pinnacle $1,844.50
Magellan BH Summit $1,844.50
Value Options Behavioral Health COMM $1,844.50
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Humana BHCOMM $1,998.21
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,151.92
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,151.92
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,151.92
Aetna Coventry First Health COMM $2,234.92
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,305.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,459.34
Cigna Behavioral Health COMM $2,459.34
USA Managed Care COMM $2,459.34
ComPsych Corporation COMM $2,459.34
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,613.04
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Unicare MCD $3,074.17
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,074.17
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,074.17
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,284.31 $42.63 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney $1,284.31 $42.63 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,284.31 $42.63 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,201.83 $45.61 – $1,802.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,366.97 $42.63 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,284.31 $42.63 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,201.83 $45.61 – $1,802.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,201.83 $42.63 – $1,802.74

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